Syrian rebels in besieged eastern Aleppo called for an immediate five-day cease-fire and negotiations about the future of the city, and for medical and civilian evacuations, in a humanitarian plan published Wednesday. A "humanitarian initiative" document signed in the name of the Aleppo...

Syrian regime forces control all of Aleppo's historic Old City after rebel fighters withdrew in the face of army advances overnight, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Wednesday. The army and allied forces hold more than 75 percent of east Aleppo, a rebel bastion since 2012,...

The death toll from a strong earthquake that hit northern Indonesia's Aceh province on Wednesday has doubled to at least 50, Indonesia's disaster agency said, as rescuers searched dozens of collapsed buildings for trapped survivors. Search and rescue teams used earth movers to clear rubble...

At least 80,000 people have fled east Aleppo since the Syrian army began an operation in mid-November to recapture the rebel-held sector of the second city, activists said Tuesday. The figure includes those who sought refuge in the government-held west of the city and the Kurdish-controlled...