The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group on Saturday released 37 Syrian Christians, most of them women, who were among more than 200 people kidnapped more than eight months ago, an NGO said. The Assyrian Monitor for Human Rights said the group of freed Assyrian Christians included 27...

Leaders of political rivals Taiwan and China met on Saturday for the first time in more than 60 years for talks that come amid rising anti-Beijing sentiment on the self-ruled democratic island and weeks ahead of elections there. The talks between China President Xi Jinping and Taiwan...

Giant posters of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in military uniform hang at security checkpoints leading to the Sinai, but the crash of a Russian airliner in the peninsula has shattered the image of control they seek to project. Western officials have raised the possibility that...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian rebels pressed Friday more advances northeast Hama province, taking control of two villages and strategic hills, activists and local reporter said. Islamist fighters operating under the Army of Conquest banner took Atshan and Um Hartin villages from Syrian regime army...