Spanish authorities ordered the evacuation Sunday of around 40 homes as a raging wildfire advanced in the center of the country and temperatures soared. Police ordered residents to flee their homes outside the town of Cadalso de los Vidrios some 80 kilometres (50 miles) southwest of Madrid...

The European Union is "deeply concerned" about the situation in northwestern Syria, a statement said on Thursday. In a declaration on behalf of the EU, foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said after more than eight years of conflict, the Syrian population continues to suffer...

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...