A car rigged with explosives blew up in the Syrian capital Wednesday killing one person, state media said, blaming unidentified "terrorists" for the latest blast in Damascus. "One civilian was killed and five others injured in an explosion in the area of Nahr Aisha in Damascus," state news...

The so-called Islamic State claimed on Tuesday to have killed more than 680 people in a series of terror attacks around the world. On Sunday, coordinated assaults saw more than 320 people killed in Sri Lanka, which Isis has claimed responsibility for. That death toll is on top of a...

French President Emmanuel Macron and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday pledged their backing for the alliance of car giants Renault and Nissan, despite the strains caused by the arrest of the alliance's former boss Carlos Ghosn. Paris and Tokyo insist their relations are based...

A U.N.-commissioned report says the war in Yemen has set back its development by more than 20 years. The study commissioned by the U.N. Development Program found that if the war ends this year, it will have caused economic losses of $88.8 billion. If the conflict lasts until 2030, it would...