(CNN)A stand-up comedian and women's right-to-drive activist, Fahad al-Butairi and Loujain al-Hathloul, were once seen as a groundbreaking Saudi power couple in a country that was rapidly relaxing its strict social rules. Since then,

AMMAN: The United States is fully committed to the security of Jordan and its partnership with the kingdom, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Tuesday on the first leg of his Middle East tour. 

AMMAN: The United States is fully committed to the security of Jordan and its partnership with the kingdom, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Tuesday on the first leg of his Middle East tour. 

AMMAN: The United States is fully committed to the security of Jordan and its partnership with the kingdom, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Tuesday on the first leg of his Middle East tour. 

The Dakar motor racing rally is under way in Peru. The race originally went from the French capital Paris to Senegal's capital Dakar but was moved 10 years ago because of security concerns on

Security forces in Iraqi Kurdistan have been "torturing children" to force them to confess to having links with Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL), according to Human Rights Watch. The rights body, said

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has begun a visit to the Middle East aimed at ramping up regional efforts to put pressure on Iran and assuaging allies' fears over Washington's plan to withdraw troops from

India's lower house of parliament has approved a bill that would grant residency and citizenship rights to non-Muslim immigrants, sparking protests that brought the country's populous northeast to a near standstill. The legislation, which

There has been more fighting between the two largest rebel alliances in northern Syria, killing more than 80 people, including civilians. The Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army (FSA) has deployed fighters along the front lines

(CNN)A US Navy veteran has been held in an Iranian prison on unspecified charges since July, his mother told The New York Times on Monday.Michael R. White, 46, of Imperial Beach, California, was detained