A suicide car bomb attack on a military convoy in northeastern Syria on Monday killed five members of a Kurdish-led force accompanying US troops in an anti-jihadist coalition, a monitor said. The attack, claimed by the Islamic State group, came less than a week after another deadly attack...

The Thai government's chief peace negotiator has reiterated that he is "ready to sit and talk with anybody," according to media reports on Monday. Gen. Udomchai Thammasaroraj's statement comes after Mara Patani -- a separatist umbrella group which claims to be a political wing of insurgent...

Police and soldiers are being deployed in large numbers to Brazil's northeast to fight a wave of gang violence fueled by the overloaded, collapsing prison system. More than 400 elite federal troops have been sent to the city of Fortaleza and the rest of Ceara state to reinforce overwhelmed...

Asian markets on Monday built on last week's rally as investors cheered a report that China had offered to eliminate its massive trade surplus with the United States, while data showed Chinese economic growth hit forecasts in 2018. Regional equities picked up where they finished Friday...