Syria's government condemned what it called the occupation of its land and the opposition demanded justice and peace Wednesday at the opening of a U.N.-backed panel designed to bring about political reconciliation ending years of civil war. The first meeting of Syria's so-called...

The resignation of Lebanon's government under pressure from the street looked set to ease a two-week-old nationwide lockdown but protesters vowed they would keep pushing for deeper change. President Michel Aoun has not yet accepted Saad Hariri's resignation as prime minister, with no clear...

Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne said Canberra will hold China to account on issues such as human rights, insisting that staying quiet on sensitive issues is not in Australia’s national interests. Relations between Canberra and its most important trading partner have deteriorated...

Britain will hold its first December election in almost a century after Prime Minister Boris Johnson finally won parliamentary approval for a gamble on a snap ballot that he hopes will break the deadlock over Brexit. Just two days before the third Brexit deadline of Oct. 31 will be missed...