Yemeni security officials say forces loyal to the country's internationally recognized government have taken full control of a key southern city after overnight clashes with separatists. The officials say the fighting over Etq, the capital of oil-rich Shabwa province, lasted until...

Syrian regime forces surrounded a Turkish military observation post in the northwest on Friday after overrunning nearby areas, upping the stakes with Ankara in its Russian-backed offensive against the jihadist-ruled Idlib region. The move angered Turkey, with Foreign Minister Mevlut...

Southern Yemeni separatists clashed with government forces in the southern oil-producing province of Shabwa on Thursday, local officials and residents said, in the latest violence between nominal allies that has strained an Arab military coalition. The United Arab Emirates-backed...

A UN fact-finding mission on Myanmar said Thursday that the military's use of rape and other forms of sexual violence is so routine it "reflects a widespread culture of tolerance towards humiliation." The mission said in its 61-page report that Myanmar's military must end the practice,...