Several members of US Congress have called for the release of Palestinian-American 16-year-old Mohammed Zaher Ibrahim from ...

Florida teen Mohammed Zaher Ibrahim is accused of throwing stones at Israeli vehicles. His family has not spoken with him ...

As they withdraw, coalition forces will leave behind in southern Afghanistan a slew of local security forces at odds with each other. By Matthieu Aikins The 40-year reign of the former king, which ...

A Israeli military court has extended the prison detention of a 16-year-old Palestinian-American facing up to 20 years in ...

Mohammad Zahir Shah, 92, the king of Afghanistan who emerged from forced exile in 2002 to become the ceremonial "father of the nation" after the Taliban's retreat, died July 23 in Kabul. He had been ...

KABUL, Afghanistan, May 1 -- He shuffles onto the terrace overlooking his rose garden and sinks into an armchair. He is dressed casually, in a leather jacket and loafers. His smile is weary, his voice ...

A nimble survivor during four decades as king of Afghanistan, Mohammad Zahir Shah, who died yesterday at 92, avoided assassination and chaos, both of which often threatened in his backward nation.

The ruler of Afghanistan is a man of many accomplishments. At 51, Mohammed Zahir Shah can snag the wiliest trout in the Hindu Kush, swoop down a ski slope at 60 m.p.h., or drop a brace of partridge as ...

In the following excerpt adapted for the Tribune by Ken Cuthbertson from his 2015 book “A Complex Fate: William L. Shirer and the American Century” (McGill-Queen’s University Press), the biographer ...