The Key Issue ------------------ A new report by the United Nations says Afghanistan under Taliban rule is turning into a hub for extremist groups. “Terrorism emanating from Afghanistan will be a driver of insecurity in the region and further afield,” said the report by the UN Security Council committee that monitors the Islamic State (IS) extremist group and the Al-Qaeda terroris

(RFE/RL) — For months, Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hizballah have traded constant cross-border attacks that have killed dozens and displaced thousands of people. Now there are fears of a full-blown war between the foes amid the fallout from a deadly rocket attack from Lebanon hit the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. Hizballah quickly denied it was responsible for the July 27 atta

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei vowed “harsh punishment” and revenge against Israel over the assassination Wednesday of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh, who was in Tehran for the inauguration of the Islamic Republic’s new president. Although Israel has not commented on the killing, the fact that the assassination took place in the “heart of Tehran” during &l