Five rockets have been fired at the Kabul international airport as the US is winding down its evacuation operation.

Turkey says it has received a request from the Taliban in Afghanistan to operate the international airport in Kabul, shortly after Ankara reversed a decision to provide security for the airfield at the behest of the United States due to the deteriorating security situation in the country.

On the second day of the inquest into the shooting death of convicted terrorist Sudesh Amman jurors were told he had wanted to 'kill the Queen'.

The Nigerian militant group Boko Haram has pledged allegiance to ISWAP -- a rival Daesh offshoot in the West African country.

Security experts believe the US is targeting a major Iraqi resistance group to revive Daesh.

Foreign Minister Zarif hails General Soleimani’s key role in the defeat of Daesh in the region, reaffirming his admiration for the ‘long-time friend,’ who was assassinated by the US last year.

Iran's President Rouhani censures US military presence in the region as destructive.

Niger is grappling for ways to stem militant attacks that have claimed several hundred lives this year.

NATO announces that the number of its troops in Iraq would increase eightfold.

The current, outgoing, US administration has ignored its commitment to international law but with a new US president waiting in the wings, to take over from outgoing President Trump, the country may return to honoring deals it’s made.