(The Daily Star)- Yemeni troops backed by a Saudi-led coalition airstrike killed six suspected Al-Qaeda fighters outside the southeastern port city of Mukalla Tuesday, a security official said. Mukalla was the most populous Yemeni city under Al-Qaeda control until government troops and...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 11 people, including 3 children and 2 women, have been killed in regime air strikes on the northern town of Khan Sheikhoun in Idlib province, volunteer rescuing group said Tuesday. The Civil Defense said tens more were wounded in the attack on the southern...

Syrian government forces were battling rebels for control of a strategically significant district of Aleppo on Tuesday, in what could be the most important advance in the divided city by Damascus and its allies in several weeks. Combatant sources gave differing accounts of the situation in...

Scrambling to defuse a massive scandal, South Korean President Park Geun-hye on Tuesday conceded to lawmakers the power to name her new prime minister, a move that could seriously hurt, or even destroy, her ability to govern. Park, who has faced tens of thousands of protesters and an...