Saudi Arabia's King Salman has vowed to prevent other nations from intervening in neighboring Yemen, where it has been at war with Iranian-backed Shiite rebels since March 2015. The televised speech at the start of a meeting of his top advisory council on Wednesday included no major policy...

The United Nations Human Rights Council is meeting to discuss the situation in South Sudan, with the world body's top human rights official saying there's still time for action to avoid a "worst-case scenario" in the five-year-old country. Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein, the U.N. high commissioner...

 Canadian actor Alan Thicke, best known for his role as the dad in 1980s sitcom "Growing Pains" and as the father of singer Robin Thicke, has died, his publicity agency said on Twitter. He was 69. Thicke, who became a household name after starring as psychiatrist Jason Seaver in the US...

The Islamic State group was manufacturing weapons in and around Mosul on an industrial scale with products largely purchased in bulk from Turkey, according to a report published by an arms research group Wednesday. The findings show that IS maintained a "robust and reliable" supply chain...