WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – US-led forces have killed at least 1,302 civilians while battling the Islamic State terrorist group (banned in Russia) in Syria and Iraq, Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve ...

Jordan’s King Abdullah II has called for the formation of an independent Palestinian state along the 1967 boundaries with East Jerusalem al-Quds as its capital, in what appears to be at odds ...

According to a correspondent at the site of the incident, citing the Secret Service, the man has been taken to hospital after the officers responded “in seconds” and extinguished the ...

President Trump has sought to put the brakes on a brewing confrontation with Iran in recent days, telling the acting defense secretary, Patrick Shanahan, that he does not want to ...

Nigerian soldiers and some civilians were killed in an ambush by Boko Haram militants on Saturday morning, sources say. Militants killed at least 25 soldiers and a number of civilians ...

In statements carried by Russian government-owned news agency Tass, Alexander Bortnikov, head of the Federal Security Service, warned that 5,000 ISIS terrorists had been deployed in northern Afghanistan and now threatened former ...

The Pentagon is unveiling a plan Thursday that could see up to 10,000 more troops in the Middle East, US officials claim. US officials speaking to various media outlets on ...

The Nigerian army has opened fire on protesters demanding the release of top Muslim cleric Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky, who has been held for four years on trumped-up allegations. Several people were ...

A senior Trump administration official says the US is “sitting by the phone” to hear from Iran, but it has yet to receive any message suggesting Tehran is willing to ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin says Iran’s nuclear program is most transparent and Moscow “regrets” to see the 2015 nuclear agreement unravel since America’s decision to leave it in May 2018. ...