ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday called for a renewed commitment to diplomacy to resolve conflicts as he marked the 50th anniversary of the Helsinki Accords, the landmark Cold War-era agreement ...

Iraqi counter-narcotics forces seized more than 1.35 million Captagon pills during a raid in Syria's capital, in a rare and significant cross-border operation, the Iraqi Interior Ministry said on ...

After Hamas' Oct. 7 attacks on Israel & the start of the war in Gaza, confrontations between Israel & Iran escalated from proxy battles to all-out war. These documentaries offer context & background.

The prime minister of Iraq has kept his country on the sidelines as military conflicts raged nearby for almost two years.

Dhiya’ Zawba Muslih al-Hardani, who was identified as the ISIS leader, was killed in the operation along with his sons ...

A rare rocket attack targeted Kirkuk in northern Iraq, injuring one. Officials suspect militias or ISIS amid growing regional tensions.

Pundits, like generals, seem always doomed to refight the last war. That’s the main thing to remember as the world watches the debate over whether the United States should join ...

As the US manufactures consent for war with Iran, Iraqis and Afghans recognise the pattern: Trump is reviving the ‘Shock and Awe’ doctrine, says Zahra Ali.

Despite long-standing ties to Iran, Shiite militias in Iraq are holding fire, wary of domestic backlash and reluctant to risk retaliation by Israel or the US The war between Iran and Israel is now in ...

Iraq tightens security at US bases as militias mobilise over Israel's war on Iran Media reports suggest Iran-backed militias in Iraq have established a joint operations room and divided the country ...

Iran’s leader vowed that his country would respond to any U.S. involvement in the war with Israel.

It would enshrine within Iraq’s security sector an entity reminiscent of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), not as a temporary emergency force created during the ISIS war, but as a ...