U.S.-backed Syrian fighters advancing from eastern and western parts of the northern city of Raqqa have linked up for the first time in weeks after launching their offensive against Daesh (ISIS) militants there. The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces launched a wide offensive to capture...

 A man suspected of ramming his car into French soldiers has been transferred to a Paris hospital but remains too badly injured to face questioning or prosecution. A judicial official said the man was brought to the capital Friday by helicopter from a hospital in Lille, and was not in a...

The U.N. Yemen envoy called on Friday for the urgent reopening of the airport in the rebel-held capital Sanaa, which has been closed to all but limited U.N. flights for a year. A Saudi-led coalition supporting the government imposed an air and sea blockade on rebel-held territory in March...

The Philippines will cull at least 400,000 birds after confirming its first bird flu outbreak, but says no animal-to-human transmission has been reported. Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Pinol says he has ordered all fouls within a kilometer of six affected farms in northern San Luis town...