Tunisia’s Defense Ministry on Tuesday began compiling a "white book" -- in cooperation with U.S. and British experts -- spelling out the country’s new defense policy, according to Tunisian Defense Minister Ferhat Horchani. "This ‘white book’ is a vision for the country’s long-term...

Saudi Arabia's top religious body Tuesday condemned what it said were "criminal massacres" by the Syrian government against civilians in Aleppo and called on the Islamic world to help save fellow Muslims. The appeal came after the United Nations said it had reports that Syrian soldiers and...

The U.N. human rights office says it has received reports of Syria's pro-government forces killing at least 82 civilians as they entered the last remaining strongholds of the rebels in eastern Aleppo. Spokesman Rupert Colville of the U.N. human rights office says the reports recount...

 Nearly 2.2 million Yemeni children are acutely malnourished, victims of the near-collapse of the health care system during two years of escalating conflict, UN children's fund UNICEF said on Tuesday. At least 462,000 are suffering from severe acute malnutrition, as food supplies have...