Saudi Arabia is in talks with Syria to reopen its embassy in the war-torn nation for the first time in a decade, state television in the kingdom reported late Thursday, the latest diplomatic reshuffling in the region. The announcement on state TV comes after Chinese-mediated talks in Beijing...

A strike Thursday by a suspected Iranian-made drone killed a U.S. contractor and wounded five American troops and another contractor in northeast Syria, the Pentagon said. American forces said they retaliated soon after with “precision airstrikes” in Syria targeting facilities used by groups...

The World Bank has hiked its estimate for the cost of Ukraine’s recovery and reconstruction from Russia’s war to minimum $411 billion in the next decade. The assessment was carried out jointly by the World Bank Group, Ukrainian government, European Commission, and UN, according to an Al...

Hundreds of millions of Muslims began the first daily fast of Ramadan on Thursday, as parts of the Middle East approached crucial junctures in high-stakes peace negotiations during the holy month, traditionally a time of reconciliation In Sudan, parties are wrangling over how the country...