The United Nations Security Council and U.N. aid chief Stephen O'Brien on Thursday pushed for more aid and commercial access to Yemen, where a near total blockade by Saudi Arabia has slowed shipments to the war-torn Arabian Peninsula country to a trickle. O'Brien said 80 percent of Yemen's 25...

Islamic State militants in Syria have stormed government-held neighborhoods in the predominantly Kurdish northeastern city of Hassakeh, capturing several areas of the city, AP reported. Thursday's attack comes after the Islamic State group suffered several setbacks in northern Syria against...

A suicide bomber detonated a car bomb at a gathering of Iraqi Sunni tribal leaders, killing 14 people in an attack claimed Wednesday by the Islamic State group, police said. “Fourteen people were killed and at least 24 wounded,” a police captain said of the Tuesday night bombing in the...

More than 20 air strikes by Arab forces hit targets controlled by Houthi rebels across Yemen late on Sunday, residents said. An Arab military coalition has been bombing the Houthis for three months to restore the country's exiled government and fend off what they see as Iranian...