The far-right National Front is ahead in the first round of Sunday’s regional elections in France, held in less than a month after the terror attacks on Paris, exit polls show. According to early unofficial results, the National Front is leading in 6 out of 13 regions with the party's...

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on Sunday his country might turn to the U.N. security council if Turkish troops sent to northern Iraq were not withdrawn within 48 hours. He said the deployment of hundreds of Turkish forces near the northern Islamic State-controlled city of...

Saudi Arabia will host a meeting of Syrian opposition groups in Riyadh from Dec. 8-10 aimed at choosing representatives for future international talks on Syria, the official Saudi Press Agency said on Sunday. The Saudi conference marks an attempt to bring together disparate groups...

 At least 32 people, including 8 children and 5 women, were killed on Sunday in apparent US-led coalition air strikes on the Islamic State's stronghold of Raqqa province, activists and monitor said. He said the wave of raids hit IS bases to the north, east and...