The Israeli military designated Masafer Yatta in the southern West Bank as a live-fire training zone in the 1980s and ordered residents, mostly Arab Bedouin, to be expelled. Around 1,000 residents ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. In this handout photo released by Qatar Ministry of Foreign Affairs, George Glezmann, center, poses with ...

New Delhi: Pakistan’s Balochistan has been witnessing widespread violence for the last few months as the involvement of the separatist group Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) in the region has ...

An American citizen who has spent more than two years in detention in Afghanistan was released on Thursday, and is now on his way to the United States, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirmed Thursday that American national George Glezmann was on his way back to the U.S. after being released by Afghanistan's Taliban rulers. Glezmann, an Atlanta ...

The Taliban has released American George Glezmann, ending his two-year detainment and giving President Trump a diplomatic victory that could reshape U.S. relations with Afghanistan. The Taliban ...

Thank you for giving me the opportunity to present this testimony on the critical issue of religious freedom in Afghanistan. The human rights of religious minorities and others who do not conform ...

The release of Glezmann is part of what the Taliban has previously described as the “normalization" of ties between the U.S. and Afghanistan following the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is praising Qatar for helping the U.S. secure the release of an American held by the Taliban for more than two years WASHINGTON -- An American man who was abducted ...

Qatar maintains close ties with the ruling Taliban government in Afghanistan and has hosted talks between it and U.S. officials. Negotiations between the first Trump administration and Taliban ...

An American airline mechanic has been freed by the Taliban after being held in Afghanistan for more than two years. George Glezmann, who was detained in December 2022 while visiting as a tourist ...

UNICEF is constructing 165 schools for girls and boys across Afghanistan, complete with solar panel systems, latrine blocks, handwashing stations and drilled water wells. Shukria, a 12-year-old ...