Sudan's transitional government said Thursday it has reached a settlement with families of the victims of the 2000 attack on USS Cole in Yemen, in a bid to have the African country taken off the U.S. terrorism list and improve relations with the West. At the time of the Oct. 12, 2000 attack...

 Russia on Wednesday has killed four civilians in fresh airstrikes on northwestern Idlib province, topping the death toll to 50 in the past 48 hours, activists said. The heavy aerial bombing on last rebel stronghold came as Syrian regime forces pushed on with their offensive,...

A leading member of the Pakistan Taliban has escaped custody more than two years after surrendering to authorities, a senior security official said Sunday. The confirmation comes days after Ehsanullah Ehsan -- the former spokesman for the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) -- released an...

Wary of a confrontation with Turkey that could suck Moscow into a military quagmire, Russia is likely to take a gradual approach to helping the Syrian government capture the last rebel bastion of Idlib, analysts and diplomats say. President Bashar al-Assad’s army, aided by heavy Russian...