The toll from Myanmar’s earthquake continued to rise on Sunday, as foreign rescue teams and aid rushed into the impoverished country, where hospitals were overwhelmed and some communities scrambled to mount rescue efforts with limited resources. The 7.7-magnitude quake, one of Myanmar’s...

Palestinians in the Gaza Strip had little to celebrate on Sunday as they began marking a normally festive Muslim holiday with rapidly dwindling food supplies and no end in sight to the Israel-Hamas war. Many held prayers outside demolished mosques on the Eid al-Fitr holiday, marking the end...

Saudi Arabia welcomed on Sunday the formation of a new Syrian government, underscoring that it looks forward to cooperating with the new cabinet, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement. The Kingdom, according to the statement, also expressed hope that the newly announced government...

The Kurdish-led administration in northwestern Syria on Sunday rejected the legitimacy of the new national government formed by the coalition that toppled longtime autocrat Bashar al-Assad in December. “Any government that does not reflect the country’s diversity and plurality cannot...