BEIRUT, Lebanon — American support for a pair of diplomatic initiatives in Syria underscores the shifting views of how to end the civil war there and the West’s quiet retreat from its demand that the country’s president, Bashar al-Assad , step down immediately. The Obama...

SANAA, Yemen (AP) -- Yemen's information minister says Shiite Houthi rebels are shelling the residence of the country's president as they also swept into the presidential palace in the capital, Sanaa. The minister, Nadia al-Sakkaf posted on her Twitter account on Tuesday...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Dozens of people have been killed in barrel bomb attack on a village in the northern Syrian province of Hasakah, activists said on Tuesday. Activist Seraj al-Haskawi said at least 60 people have been killed and 100 others wounded when...

Paris (AFP) - Four men will appear before a judge in France on Tuesday to face possible charges of providing support to one of the Paris Islamist attackers, the prosecutors' office said. The four men, aged 22, 25, 26 and 28, were among 12 people detained in police raids on...