Syrian regime army advanced Monday as it battles to capture a rebel region that is key to the capital's water supply, launching strikes and artillery fire threatening a fragile nationwide truce. The cease-fire brokered by regime ally Russia and Turkey, which backs the opposition, is now...

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim will be visiting Iraq this week to discuss the fight against terrorism and the future of Iraq, the government's spokesman said Monday. "The Prime Minister will be traveling to Iraq on Thursday to start a new era with the Iraqi central government,"...

At least 50 people have been killed in a bloody prison riot in the Amazon jungle city of Manaus, a Brazilian security official told the Globo TV network Monday. Sergio Fontes, the head of security for Amazonas state, told Globo he fears that more dead will be found as authorities get a...

Nine civilians, including five members of one family, have been killed in rebel bombing and an airstrike by the pro-government coalition in war-torn Yemen, military and rebel sources said Monday. An airstrike by the Saudi-led coalition hit Sunday a house in the province of Marib, east of the...