Syrian air force extended its deadly raids on rebel-held city of Douma near Damascus, killing 10 civilians, 6 women and 4 children, medics and a monitoring group said. The Syrian Network for Human Rights said 6 women and 4 children have been killed in regime air strikes on the stricken city...

At least ten people were killed and dozens wounded when a car bomb exploded in the Syrian city of Latakia on Wednesday, Reuters said, in a rare attack in a coastal stronghold of President Bashar al-Assad. The explosion was in a main square, state television said. Video footage on state...

Libya's official government is struggling to woo oil majors in a bid to control oil revenue and force a rival Tripoli government into a U.N. peace deal because foreign clients are wary of breaking with the established state energy firm in the capital. The battle over Libya's oil resources...

At least 11 Syrian migrants drowned as two boats sank after leaving southwest Turkey for the Greek island of Kos, Turkey's Dogan news agency reported on Wednesday. It said a boat carrying 16 Syrian migrants had sunk after leaving the Akyarlar area of the Bodrum peninsula, and...