Tanzania was in mourning Sunday, preparing to bury the dead after 64 people perished when a crashed fuel tanker exploded as crowds rushed to syphon off leaking petrol. President John Magufuli declared a period of mourning through Monday following the deadly blast near the town of...

A coalition said Sunday that it had launched a strike apparently against southern separatists in Yemen after they seized the presidential palace in the second city of Aden. The seizure, decried by the Riyadh-backed Yemeni government as a coup supported by the United Arab Emirates,...

It seems somehow profane that, outside of the Near East, the Syrian ordeal is not heard of much anymore. Then again, it never really was. The course of events that reduced Syria to its present condition began in March 2011 when Syrians took their place in the great revolts sweeping Arab...

One civilian was killed and six others were injured in a bomb blast Saturday in Syria's northern city of Azaz, according to local sources.  A bomb-laden motorbike exploded in the city center, killing one person and injuring six others, said the sources, who spoke anonymously due to...