Hurricane Otto battered Nicaragua and Costa Rica with powerful winds and torrential rains on Friday, damaging homes, forcing thousands to evacuate and causing an undetermined number of deaths. The hurricane, which weakened rapidly after hitting the southeastern coast of Nicaragua, became a...

(Sky News)- A US serviceman has died after being wounded in an improvised explosive device blast in northern Syria, officials have said. The man was fatally injured near the town of Ayn Issa, the US military's central command said.  In a statement, Lieutenant General Stephen...

(The Independent)- Israeli authorities have revived plans to build hundreds of new homes for Jewish settlers in Israel-annexed East Jerusalem, a move which a leading charity says has been encouraged by the prospect of a Donald Trump presidency.  “The political significance of this...

A senior U.N. aid official says his team has received written approval from Syrian rebels in the besieged opposition-held parts of the city of Aleppo to allow aid in and evacuate the wounded. Jan Egeland told reporters in Geneva on Thursday that the U.N. also has "verbal support" from...