A bomb placed under a sofa killed an Afghan election candidate on Wednesday, officials said, as deadly violence escalates ahead of the October 20 parliamentary ballot. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack on Jabar Qahraman, who was running for the southern province of Helmand, a stronghold for the militant ...
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Wednesday that Saudi Arabia has promised that no one will be exempt from the enquiry into the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Asked if a member of the Saudi royal family might conceivably be held accountable in the case, Pompeo said after talks ...
