SRINAGAR, India (AP) — The machine guns peeking over parapets of small, sandbagged concrete bunkers and the heavy artillery cannons dug deep into Himalayan Kashmir’s rugged terrain have fallen silent. At least for now. The Line of Control, a highly militarized de facto...

Jordanian authorities have demanded the prominent refugee woman Hasna al-Hariri and her two sons to depart Jordan within 14 days or they will be summarily deported to Syria.   Al-Hariri told Zaman al-Wasl that she has no chance to challenge their removal amid risk of being arrested...

  Four regime forces were killed in two land-mine explosions planted by Daesh (ISIS) in northeastern Raqqa province, a local reporter said Thursday.   The explosion of two land mines rocked two military vehicles of the Russian-backed Fifth Corps in the Mount Bishri in Raqqa...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis celebrated a surprise Holy Thursday Mass with the cardinal he fired last year, extending an extraordinary gesture to Cardinal Angelo Becciu by celebrating the liturgy that commemorates Jesus' Last Supper with his apostles before his crucifixion. News...