The native Iranian who married an Afghan joined the Afghani police five years ago, an official says.

BEIRUT – Syrian rebels fully captured a northern town near the Turkish border Tuesday after weeks of heavy fighting and attacked a regime air base in a neighboring province, activists said. The air base is in Aleppo province, where opposition fighters have already captured three other large military bases in recent months. Rebels have also […]

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – Nelson Mandela, who spent Christmas in an undisclosed hospital recovering from a serious illness, was in good spirits and looking much better, President Jacob Zuma said Tuesday. He said Mandela immediately greeted him, shouting out Zuma’s clan name, Nxamalala. Zuma visited Mandela with Mandela’s wife, Graca Machel, and other members of […]