Eight people were killed and at least 28 others were injured in attacks across the Iraqi capital of Baghdad on Wednesday, police said. "Five people were killed and 13 others were injured in mortar strikes at residential areas in al-Shu’ala district in northwestern...

(Reuters) - Syria n government forces and their Lebanese Shi'ite allies took new ground in a major offensive in southern Syria on Wednesday, pressing a campaign against insurgents posing one of the biggest remaining threats to Damascus. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights,...

A gunman who had posted anti-religious messages on social media was charged with killing three Muslim students near the University of North Carolina in what police said on Wednesday was an ongoing dispute over parking. Craig Stephen Hicks, 46, of Chapel Hill, was arrested and...

(Reuters) - Yemenis in the capital Sanaa and the central city of Taiz held the largest protests yet against a takeover by a Shi'ite Muslim militia group on Wednesday after the United States, Britain and France shut their embassies over security fears. Hundreds massed in the...