Though Russia once listed the Taliban as a terrorist organization, it has increasingly come to see it as an ally against other terrorist groups—notably the Islamic State’s Khorasan Province (ISIS-K).

Wildfires continue to rage across western and southern Turkey, engulfing vast forests in Izmir and Hatay provinces. Hatay Firefighters are working around the clock, using planes, helicopters, ...

Local authorities in Osh, Kyrgyzstan’s second city, said Lenin’s removal was for purely aesthetic reasons; they would ...