Soldiers allied to the Western-backed Somali government said they killed seven insurgents from a faction loyal to ISIS in a clash in northern Somalia Saturday. The soldiers from the semi-autonomous region of Puntland are part of a force headed to the port town of Qandala, which has been...

The U.N. envoy for Syria said Saturday he hoped "some type of formula" could be found to avoid a "terrible battle" in Aleppo, where government forces and their allies are gaining ground in an attack aimed at taking back the whole city from rebels. Staffan de Mistura, speaking at a Rome...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Saturday Moscow was ready for talks with the United States about a complete withdrawal of all rebels from Syria's eastern Aleppo. Syrian regime forces have captured 60 percent of the area previously held by rebels in eastern Aleppo after gaining...

European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini is convinced the fall of rebel-held areas of Aleppo to the government would not end the war in Syria, she said Saturday. "I'm convinced the fall of Aleppo will not end the war," Mogherini said during a panel discussion at a...