Ethiopia's army chief of staff says the military has control of the capital of the defiant Tigray region, Mekele. Gen. Birhanu Jula made the comment on the state broadcaster Saturday. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said in a separate statement, "We have entered Mekele without...

When Syrian authorities said they would allow returns to the war-ravaged Yarmuk camp for Palestinian refugees in southern Damascus, Issa al-Loubani rushed to sign up and quickly started repairing his home. Hundreds of former residents have already requested permission to go back to the...

 Iran's supreme leader promised on Saturday to retaliate for the killing of the Islamic Republic's top nuclear scientist, who the West and Israel believed was the architect of a secret Iranian programme to make weapons. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's top authority who says Tehran...

 Dozens of rallies are planned Saturday against a new French law that would restrict sharing images of police, only days after the country was shaken by footage showing officers beating and racially abusing a black man. The case shocked France with celebrities and politicians alike...