Middle East


Taliban confirms holding Americans; ex-intel officer calls detainee Coyle ‘valuable asset’

A Taliban security personnel stands guard along a road near the Ghulam Khan zero-point border crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistan in Gurbuz district in the southeast of Khost province on October 20, 2025.

IDF discusses disarming Hamas, opening Rafah Border Crossing: What’s next?

  A Palestinian fighter from the armed wing of Hamas takes part in a military parade to mark the anniversary of the 2014 war with Israel, near the border in the central Gaza Strip, July 19, 2023.

IDF recommends reducing humanitarian aid trucks to 200 per day in Phase II of US ceasefire plan

A truck carries aid for Palestinians, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, in Deir Al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, October 21, 2025.