Hundreds of migrants crossed unhindered from Greece into Macedonia on Sunday after overwhelmed security forces appeared to abandon a bid to stem their flow through the Balkans to western Europe following days of chaos and confrontation. Riot police remained, but did little to...

United Arab Emirates forces based in Yemen's port city of Aden have freed a British hostage who had been held by al Qaeda, state news agency WAM said on Sunday. The hostage, who went missing in Feb. 2014, was taken to Abu Dhabi on a military plane on Saturday night, the agency said....

At least 52 people have been killed in stricken Douma on Saturday as the Syrian regime fierce aerial campaign extends on the rebel-held town northeast of Damascus, 6 days since a massacre committed against 117 civilians and branded as war crime by UN officials. Rescue workers said 20...

Syrian regime aerial bombardment of rebel-held town of Harasta northeast of Damascus left at least 12 people dead, the Syrian Network for Human Rights said on Wednesday. The attacks on Harasta, in the Eastern Ghouta region, killed members of the town's council, civil defense, and police...