The global chemical weapons watchdog said Wednesday that the nerve agent sarin and toxic chemical chlorine were "very likely" used as weapons in two attacks in central Syria in late March 2017, the latest confirmation of chemical attacks in the civil war. The Organization for the...

Iraqi Shiite preacher Muqtada al-Sadr, whose coalition won the largest number of seats in last month's parliamentary elections, has announced an alliance with an Iran-backed coalition ahead of marathon negotiations to form a new government. The move, announced by al-Sadr and Hadi...

The Syrian army has reinforced its anti-aircraft defenses near the frontier with the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, a commander in the regional alliance that backs President Bashar Assad said Tuesday. Additional defenses are set to be deployed in the coming days, the commander told Reuters....

The first heavy monsoon rain of this year swept through Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh, killing a child and damaging more than 1,000 shelters, a UN official said on Tuesday. "Torrential rains and winds up to 70 kilometers per hour caused at least 89 reported incidents, including...