While the release of Ryan Corbett and William Wallace McKenty is to be celebrated, Americans Mahmood Habibi and George Glezmann remain in Taliban custody.

Secluded in his stronghold in southern Afghanistan, reclusive Taliban Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada is the cornerstone of the movement that has ruled the country unchallenged since reclaiming ...

On a shelf in his office at CIA headquarters, Director Bill Burns keeps a tiny scaled model of a house. It's the house in ...

The Taliban described the agreement as a constructive demonstration of resolving disputes through dialogue. The swap comes ...

Drafting a new constitution remains another challenge, with Al-Julani projecting a two- to three-year process. Meanwhile, the ...

The U.S. Navy rapidly added new C-UAS (Counter-Unmanned Aerial System) capabilities to the Freedom-class Littoral Combat ...

Mr al-Sharaa expressed his gratitude to Ayman al-Zawahiri, who helped plan the 9/11 attacks and succeeded Osama bin Laden as al Qaeda’s leader after 2011. Mr Jawlani praised Zawahiri’s ...

The city of Kherson in southern Ukraine is a key objective for Russia. Its military shells the city's neighborhoods daily and ...

The accusations stretch back decades and first became public last summer. Gaiman wrote, "I'm far from a perfect person, but I ...

“The sons of the al-Nusra Front swear allegiance to Sheikh Ayman al-Zawahiri.” Al-Zawahiri had been the leader of al-Qaeda since the 2011 assassination of Osama bin Laden by US special force ...

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks to outgoing CIA Director Bill Burns about the handling of Russia, the Mideast, and security threats during his tenure, plus what lies ahead for the intel community.

In an exit interview with NPR's Mary Louise Kelly, CIA Director William Burns says he still thinks "there's a chance" for a ...