Washington’s special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan stepped down on Friday, just as the United States is preparing to send thousands more troops to the region. A senior State Department official told AFP that acting special representative Laurel Miller left the post without a replacement being named. State Department spokeswoman ...
Saudi Arabia said police foiled on Friday a “terrorist action” against Islam’s holiest site, where millions of faithful from around the world have gathered. Citing the Ministry of the Interior, the state Al-Ekhbaria news channel said 11 people were injured in the collapse of a three-storey building where a suicide ...