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President Donald Trump paid a surprise Thanksgiving visit to Afghanistan, where he announced the U.S. and Taliban have been engaged in ongoing peace talks and said he believes the Taliban wants a ceasefire. In his first trip to the site of

Turkish and Russian military chiefs held a phone call to discuss recent developments in Syria, the Turkish military said on Thursday. Turkey’s Chief of General Staff Yaşar Güler and his Russian counterpart Valery Gerasimov exchanged views on Syria where the two

Anti-government protesters burned down the Iranian consulate building in southern Iraq on Wednesday, while six protesters were killed by security forces who fired live rounds amid ongoing violence, Iraqi officials said Wednesday. Protesters destroyed the Iranian consulate in the holy city

Iranian security agents arrested at least eight people linked to the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency during last week’s unrest over gasoline price hikes, the official news agency IRNA reported on Wednesday. “These elements had received CIA-funded training in various countries under

Two former prime ministers will compete in a runoff to become Guinea-Bissau’s next president, the electoral commission has announced, with incumbent Jose Mario Vaz failing to advance to the second round of voting after a term marred by political infighting and corruption. Domingos Simoes Pereira topped