After months of promises and weeks of preparation, the first Canadian government planeload of Syrian refugees landed in Toronto on Thursday, aboard a military aircraft met by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Trudeau was elected to a surprise majority in October promising to accept more...

By now, the news alerts are all too familiar: "Stabbing near Old City: Israeli wounded, attacker shot dead", read a recent bulletin. Another came by text message on Wednesday: "Stabbing attack: 2 wounded, one light, terrorist shot dead." Over the past 2-1/2 months, since a wave of violence by...

A joint team of Syria's political and armed opposition will meet the government next month for talks seeking a political solution to nearly five years of conflict, the chairman of a Saudi-hosted opposition conference said on Friday. More than 100 members of Syria's opposition...

Germany is at risk of a terrorist attack but the danger has not increased because of its part in the military campaign against Islamic State in Syria, the head of Germany's BfV domestic security agency has said. Hans-Georg Maassen told German broadcaster MDR that IS and Al...