Saudi and Yemeni special forces have captured the head of the Islamic State group's branch in Yemen, the Saudi-led military coalition backing the country's government announced Tuesday. The leader identified as Abu Osama al-Muhajir was caught in an early June raid along with other members...

The Syrian war has inflicted all kinds of hardships on Najwa Abdelaziz but she still manages to make light of one of them. "The uprising ruined my teeth," she jokes while getting dental care for the first time in years in the back of a truck. The 33-year-old could not find help for her...

Libya's coast guard says it has intercepted Europe-bound vessels carrying nearly 200 migrants, including women, off the country's Mediterranean coast. Spokesperson Ayoub Gassim said Saturday that five rubber boats carrying 199 migrants were intercepted over the past several days near the...

Hong Kong police on Saturday vowed to pursue the ringleaders of a 15-hour blockade of their headquarters which involved thousands of anti-government demonstrators as a push to oust the city's pro-Beijing leader evolves. The largely young protesters surrounded the headquarters throughout...