The official Syrian news agency and activists are reporting a huge explosion in the northeastern town of Qamishli near the Turkish border. The agency says Sunday's attack was carried out by a suicide bomber who targeted a hotel in the predominantly Kurdish town, but the Britain-based Syrian...

 Israeli police say a Palestinian man has stabbed an Israeli paramilitary police officer, critically injuring him. Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld says the police officer was stabbed in the neck Sunday outside the Old City of Jerusalem and was taken to hospital. The officer managed to...

South Korea reported three new cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome on Sunday, bringing the total to 169 in the largest outbreak outside Saudi Arabia, but Thailand said it had no new infections. South Korea's Health Ministry late on Saturday reported the 25th fatality, a patient who had...

Representatives of some of Syria's leading pro-government tribes Friday rejected support from Jordan's King Abdullah II against ISIS, accusing him of backing "terrorists." Their comments came after the Jordanian monarch, in a meeting with tribal leaders in his country, pledged to support tribes...