Two mortar shells hit Syria's capital Saturday near a hotel where international chemical inspectors and United Nations staff are staying, state media and a hotel guest said. An 8-year-old girl was killed and 11 people were hurt in the blasts in the upscale Abu Roumaneh area of Damascus, the...

There was a moment midway through Malala Yousafzai's much-watched interview on "The Daily Show" when host Jon Stewart announced, apparently spontaneously, and in words that seemed to channel how much of the West feels about this young Pakistani woman, "I want to adopt you." The comment captured...

 Syrian air force warplanes bombarded rebel-held targets close to a major chemical weapons facility on Friday in fighting that highlights the perils facing an international mission to eliminate President Bashar al-Assad's chemical arsenal.   The...

The award of the Nobel Peace Prize to a chemical weapons inspectors has been attacked as premature and giving support to the regime of President Bashar al-Assad. Opponents of the Syrian dictator said the award of the prize to the Organisation for the Prohibition of...