North Korea denounced the United Nations' latest sanctions imposed on the isolated state, saying they infringe on its sovereignty and vowed to take "righteous action", the North's official news agency said. The government statement reiterated Pyongyang's previous stance that it will never...

Syrian regime and allied forces have taken the last major town in Homs province from Islamic State, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Saturday, as the army advances toward militant strongholds in the east of the country. The town of al-Sukhna lies some 50 km (30 miles)...

Fahamiya Shamasneh, a 75-year-old Palestinian woman, refuses to pack her things despite a looming deadline for evacuating the home she has lived in for more than 50 years. Israel's supreme court has ruled the family have until Wednesday to vacate the house in annexed east Jerusalem. The...

The head of the European Union delegation to Yemen is visiting the country for talks with Shiite Houthi rebels over a U.N. plan regarding a disputed key port. Houthi officials say Ambassador Antonia Calvo Puerta arrived in Sanaa on Sunday to discuss the U.N. proposal for Hodeida port to be...