A suicide car bomber rammed a European Union vehicle near the main airport in Afghanistan's capital on Sunday, killing two Afghan civilians and a British security contractor in the latest attack in the city, officials said. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack on the European...

The U.N. envoy to Yemen called on a Saudi-led military coalition and its adversaries to extend a humanitarian truce due to expire at 2000 GMT (4 p.m. ET) on Sunday to allow for the delivery of aid supplies. Mauritanian diplomat Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed made his appeal at the...

The United States is "deeply concerned" about an Egyptian court decision to seek the death penalty for former President Mohamed Mursi, a State Department official said on Sunday. The U.S. criticism follows condemnations from Amnesty International and Turkish President Tayyip...

Islamic State may take full control of the historic city of Palmyra by Sunday as the radical group makes significant advances of the city in the last few days, local activists said.  ISIS militants had seized control of al-Ameriya and al-Villat neighborhoods as well it number of...