Syria's air force struck rebel-held areas near Damascus and Aleppo Saturday, a monitoring group said, as regime and opposition representatives met briefly in the same room in Geneva for peace talks. Government warplanes fired rockets at Talfita north of the capital, and helicopters...

A helicopter crash in the restive Sinai Peninsula killed five Egyptian soldiers on Saturday, medics said. The military confirmed a helicopter had crashed and said a search was under way for its crew. It was not immediately clear how the aircraft came down, in an area used as a hub...

It has emerged that Azerbaijani nationals are among the foreigners fighting in the Syrian conflict. Video footage shows Azerbaijanis among the rebel forces, and a number have been reported killed. While most seem to come from Azerbaijan’s Sunni Muslim minority, and gravitate towards...

The deal to sign Neymar cost Barcelona 86.2 million euros, including payments to the forward and his family, the club said on Friday after the player's father revoked a confidentiality agreement. The Brazil international's close-season move from Santos, which the Spanish club initially...