MOSCOW (AP) — Russia shockingly eliminated Spain from the World Cup, surviving two hours of dominance by the 2010 champions in a 1-1 draw and then winning a penalty shootout 4-3. Russia's captain and goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev saved spot-kicks from Jorge "Koke" Resurreccion and Iago...

A military media unit run by the Syrian regime's ally Hezbollah reported on Sunday that rebels in Bosra al-Sham in southern Daraa province had agreed to settle with the regime. The rebels had started handing over heavy weapons in preparation for the army to enter, it reported....

Syrian rebels and local officials pursued talks with regime ally Russia Sunday over the fate of a key southern region facing a government offensive, a Britain-based activist group said. The Jordan-backed talks came as a tentative calm reigned over most fronts in the southern province of...

The United Arab Emirates said on Sunday it had halted its military campaign against the Iran-aligned Houthis for control of Yemen's main port city of Hudaida to support U.N. efforts to reach a political solution. U.N. special envoy to Yemen, Martin Griffiths, has been shuttling between the...