Domestic violence that does not result in 'broken bones or open wounds' is now legal in Afghanistan under the Taliban's new ...

once prayed 40 times a day; now, he wanders through northern Italy reflecting on freedom. He is a postdoctoral researcher in political philosophy at the University of Pavia.

Mahbooba Faiz, an Afghan-born lawyer based in Ireland, uncovers the detail of the Taliban's new diktat on criminal procedure. After nearly four years of legislative opacity and rule by decree, on 4 ...

The U.S. military has moved thousands of Islamic State detainees from Syria to Iraq, where Iraqi authorities expect to try ...

The U.S. is sending thousands of men accused of belonging to the Islamic State from Syria to Iraq, where they face potential ...

Somalia’s government says U.S.-backed airstrikes and expanded ground operations have shifted momentum in its long-running war ...

America’s Kurdish allies oversaw two dozen sites holding thousands of members of the terrorist group and their families. Their withdrawal has left the system in chaos.

Shabab emerged in the mid-2000s as the armed wing of the now-outlawed Islamic Courts Union coalition before aligning itself with Al Qaeda. At its peak, it controlled much of southern and central ...

U.S. President Donald Trump said he would support Israeli strikes on Iran's ballistic missile program if negotiations between Washington and Tehran fail, U.S. media reported on Sunday. Trump made the ...

An Islamist party has become Bangladesh's main opposition for the first time in the country's history, challenging the old dynastic political system despite persistent concerns among critics about the ...