Syrian government forces are using a powerful type of cluster munition rocket not seen before in the conflict, Human Rights Watch said today. The new use of cluster munitions is causing civilian casualties and adding to the country’s already devastating legacy of unexploded...

 The United States is opposed to the supply of shoulder-fired missiles, capable of taking down warplanes, to rebel forces in  Syria , a senior Obama administration official said on Tuesday. The official, traveling with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in ...

Gun battles erupted between Thai police and anti-government protesters in Bangkok on Tuesday and four people were killed and dozens wounded as authorities made their most determined effort yet to clear demonstrators from the streets. In a day of tangled developments in Thailand's...

   The implications of Salim Idriss’s dismissal remain unclear on the battle ground amid mutual accusations of treason between rebel commanders themselves who divided between a supporter to the ousted Syria’s opposition Supreme Military Council leader and...