Syrian opposition activists and a war monitoring group say rebels have launched an offensive in the mountains of the coastal Latakia province, overrunning a series of Syrian army positions. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says clashes are underway in several locations in the...

U.S. and Taliban officials will on Tuesday resume talks in Qatar aimed at ending Afghanistan’s 18-year war, hours after a delegation of Afghan citizens and the militants ended a meeting with both sides calling for an end to civilian casualties. The United States and the Taliban are...

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said Tuesday that the effort to amend a highly contentious extradition bill was dead, but it wasn't clear if the legislation was being formally withdrawn as protesters have demanded. Leaders of the monthlong protest movement vowed to keep up pressure until the...

Yemeni rebels Tuesday called for the full withdrawal of the Arab military coalition after the UAE, a key part of that coalition, said it had begun reducing its deployment. "We call on the aggressors to withdraw from Yemen, as the Republic of Yemen rejects aggression, siege and air embargo,"...