Syria's air force deliberately bombed water sources in December, a war crime that cut off water for 5.5 million people in and around the capital Damascus, the U.N. Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Syria said Tuesday. The commission said it had found no evidence of...

The top U.N. human rights official called Tuesday for the release of tens of thousands of detainees held in Syria's prisons and said that bringing perpetrators of crimes including torture to court was vital for reaching a lasting peace. "Today in a sense the entire country has become a...

British Prime Minister Theresa May will make a major statement to parliament Tuesday, just hours after MPs enabled her to start the withdrawal process from the European Union. After weeks of wrangling, lawmakers Monday finally granted May the right to trigger Article 50 of the EU's Lisbon...

The Syrian opposition will not attend peace talks due to start on Tuesday in the Kazakh capital Astana, blaming Russia's unwillingness to end air strikes against civilians in rebel-held areas and its failure to put pressure on the Syrian army to abide by a widely violated ceasefire. Osama...