Turkey will launch its own operation to establish a "safe zone" in Syria if talks with the United States fail to give Turkish troops control of the area within a few weeks, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Saturday. Washington and Ankara have been at odds over plans for the region in...

Southern Yemeni separatists said they arrested dozens of government loyalists in Aden Saturday after President Abed Rabbou Mansour Hadi's forces withdrew from the port city following airstrikes by the United Arab Emirates. The outbreak of hostilities between Yemen's Saudi-backed government...

Taliban insurgents on Saturday launched a multi-pronged attack on Kunduz, a strategically important city in northern Afghanistan that has come under frequent assault since 2015. The ongoing attack came as the US and the Taliban continue to seek an agreement in Doha that would see...

Turkish authorities reported a seven-fold jump in the number of migrants attempting the dangerous sea crossing from Turkey to Greece in August. This month to Aug. 28, 7,834 migrants and refugees were intercepted at sea, according to the Turkish Coast Guard. That compares to 1,311...