The top U.N. human rights official repeated his call on Wednesday for a dilution of big powers' United Nations veto in cases of serious war crimes, but he gave little support to Syrian opposition hopes of strong-arming Russia over eastern Aleppo. Russian war planes have bombed rebel-held...

The Turkish army killed at least 47 Daesh terrorists in northern Syria in the past 24 hours as part of Operation Euphrates Shield, the military said on Wednesday. The Turkish Air Force carried out airstrikes and launched artillery fire against Daesh positions in several areas of northern...

Turkish troops will remain at a military camp in northern Iraq until Islamic State is driven out of the nearby city of Mosul, Turkey's deputy prime minister said on Wednesday, signaling no respite in a row with Baghdad over the deployment. The Turkish soldiers are at the Bashiqa camp...

Pope Francis on Wednesday called for an "immediate ceasefire" in Syria to allow for the evacuation of civilians. Francis, speaking to tens of thousands of people in St. Peter's Square at his weekly general audience, said he wanted to "implore with all my strength" leaders to spare...