Islamic State has killed five policemen in a town near Iraq's biggest refinery, in an attack that may help ease pressure on some of its fighters trapped in the strategically important facility, a security official said on Wednesday. The official in a regional security command center said the...

Arab air strikes hit military targets throughout Yemen on Wednesday and expanded into one western province for the first time, despite peace talks in Geneva aimed at ending almost three months of fighting. The bombings hit army bases in the capital, Sanaa, and Houthi militia targets in Yemen's...

A Tunisian passenger train smashed into a semi-trailer truck racing to cross the tracks early Tuesday morning, killing 18 people as two carriages derailed. At least 86 people were injured when the speeding train hit the truck at 6:30 a.m. outside the town of Fahs, 60 kilometers (37 miles)...

At least 24 people, including 19 children, were killed in the eastern countryside of Daraa province when regime fired a missile on a Quranic schoolroom, activists said Tuesday. The missile attack on the town of al-Ghara al-Sharqiya has targeted a seminar for Quran memorization, what made most...