Syria's Kurds put up stiff resistance Tuesday around an ethnically divided border town that is a key goal of Ankara's nearly week-old invasion, a war monitor reported. The Syrian Democratic Forces, the de-facto army of the Kurdish administration in northeast Syria, "launched a major...

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed not to allow any Daesh (ISIS) fighters to escape northern Syria, in an editorial published Tuesday, following fears from Western nations over its offensive in the region. "We will ensure that no ISIS (Islamic State) fighters leave northeastern...

Rescuers in Japan worked into a third day on Tuesday in an increasingly desperate search for survivors of a powerful typhoon that killed nearly 70 people and caused widespread destruction. Hagibis slammed into Japan on Saturday night, unleashing fierce winds and "unprecedented" rain that...

The Syrian regime army entered the town of Manbij in northern Syria on Monday, Syrian state-run TV and news agency said. On Monday, Russian-backed Syrian government forces wasted no time in taking advantage of an abrupt U.S. retreat from Syria after the Turkish incursion, deploying...