At least 18 people died and 37 others were injured when a fire broke out at a camp for African refugees in southern Algeria on Tuesday, Algerian official media reported, citing civil protection services. Algeria's south has become a traditional route for African migrants and refugees...

A U.S.-led coalition targeted Islamic State in Iraq and Syria with 26 air strikes against the militant group on Monday, the Combined Joint Task Force leading the operations said. In a statement on Tuesday, the coalition said nine strikes in Syria hit near four cities, destroying several...

Turkey summoned Russia’s charge d’affaires to the Foreign Ministry on Tuesday over the downing of a Russian warplane that violated Turkish airspace. Sergei Panov, Moscow’s envoy in Ankara, was called to a meeting with Ahmet Muhtar Gun, acting undersecretary, according to the...

President Vladimir Putin's spokesman on Tuesday called the downing of a Russian Su-24 warplane in Syria a "very serious incident", but said it was too early to draw conclusions. "It is just impossible to say something without having full information," Dmitry Peskov, Putin's spokesman, told...