A nuclear-powered U.S. aircraft carrier arrived in South Korea Wednesday for joint military exercises, the U.S. Navy said, in the latest show of force against the North. The USS Carl Vinson berthed in the southern port of Busan as U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson began a tour of the...

Turkish media report suspected Kurdish rebels have detonated explosives on a highway as security forces were passing by, killing two soldiers. The state-run Anadolu Agency says the explosion occurred Wednesday on a highway linking the cities of Mardin and Diyarbakir in southeast Turkey....

More than 800 health workers have died in "acts of war crimes" in Syria since 2011, in hospital bombings, shootings, torture and executions perpetrated mainly by government-backed forces, researchers said Wednesday. The Syrian government and its ally, Russia, have turned the violent...

Kazakhstan's Foreign Ministry said Syria's rebel delegation was expected in Astana Wednesday night for peace talks which are taking place this week to end the six year civil war. A spokesman for the ministry said the rebels would come for consultations with Russia, Turkey and Iran. The...