ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — As Algerians fast, pray and gather for the holy month of Ramadan, a worry lurks in many minds: how to afford the holiday feasts this year. In addition to its religious significance for billions of Muslims, Ramadan also means tables laden with rich and varied meals eaten...
KARACHI, Pakistan— Violent clashes between protesters and security forces in the Pakistani port city of Karachi left at least nine people killed and more than 50 others wounded on Sunday, after hundreds of demonstrators attempted to storm the U.S. Consulate, authorities said. The violence came...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran 's chief of army staff and defense minister were killed in an airstrike targeting a meeting of the country 's defense council, Iranian state television reported Sunday. Gen. Abdol Rahim Mousavi and Defense Minister Gen. Aziz Nasirzadeh were...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The death of Iran 's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei raises paramount questions about the country 's future. And while a clerical panel is tasked with replacing him, succession is a complex matter in Iran 's theocracy: Here is what to know:...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in a major attack by Israel and the United States, Iranian state media confirmed early Sunday, throwing the future of the Islamic Republic into doubt and raising the risk of regional instability. ...
The U.S. and Israel attacked Iran on Saturday in a massive operation that President Donald Trump said killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei while targeting military capabilities and aiming to eliminate the threat of Tehran creating a nuclear weapon. There was no comment on Khamenei by...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Key members of Congress are demanding a swift vote on a war powers resolution that would restrain President Donald Trump 's military attack on Iran unless the administration wins their approval for what they warn is a potentially illegal campaign that risks pulling the...
LONDON (AP) — America and Israel 's attack on Iran disrupted flights across the Middle East and beyond Saturday as countries around the region closed their airspace and three of the key airports that connect Europe, Africa and the West to Asia halted operations. Hundreds of thousands of...
When targeted by nationwide protests early this year, Iran 's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei unleashed the bloodiest crackdown of his nearly four decades in power. But now a U.S. or Israeli military strike may have ended his rule. There was no immediate Iranian comment about him...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations chief condemned the U.S.-Israeli airstrikes on Iran on Saturday and called for an immediate return to negotiations "to pull the region, and our world, back from the brink." Secretary-General António Guterres told an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A major attack launched by Israel and the United States killed Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, President Donald Trump said Saturday, announcing an assassination that he said gave Iranians their "greatest chance" to "take back" their country but...
BRUSSELS (AP) — How long will it last? Will it grow? What will the conflict and the reported death of Iran 's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. mean to us — and to global security overall? Those questions echoed across the Middle East and the planet Saturday as world leaders reacted...
