BEIRUT- Doubts have been cast over claims that at least nine Lebanese servicemen being held hostage by ISIS militants were relocated to the group’s stronghold in Syria, parties involved in the negotiations told The Daily Star. A source in contact with ISIS militants in Qalamoun said the...

Talks between representatives of the Syrian government and some members of the opposition have ended in Moscow with no sign of a significant breakthrough. The second such talks in Moscow this year were marred by friction among President Bashar al-Assad's critics, and were not attended by...

(Reuters) - At least 31 people were killed and nine seriously injured near the southern Moroccan city of Tan-Tan when a bus collided with a truck on Friday, the state news agency MAP reported. Most of the victims were killed by the fire that broke out on the bus straight after the...

(Reuters) - Saudi-led air strikes hit Yemen's capital Sanaa early on Friday, targeting weapons storage sites used by soldiers loyal to former president Ali Abdullah Saleh, a powerful supporter of Iranian-allied Houthi militias. The air raids, which targeted parts of the Defence Ministry...