Nigerian chief of army staff on Wednesday confirmed 39 were killed by recent Boko Haram attacks in the country's northeast. Yusuf Buratai's remarks followed the calls of the local media -- which claimed over 100 soldiers had died -- for full disclosures on the incident. In a...

U.N. war crimes investigators called on the Syria regime Wednesday to tell families what happened to their relatives who disappeared and provide the medical records and remains of those who died or were executed in custody. No progress can be made towards a lasting peace to end the...

Negotiators from Iran, Russia and Turkey met in Kazakhstan's capital Astana Wednesday, the Kazakh Foreign Ministry said, for two days of talks aiming to preserve a fragile 10-week-old truce in northern Syria. Talks were underway between delegations from the three regional power-brokers...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Two prominent female activists who were detained by the Air Force intelligence in 2011 have been confirmed dead, according to the Civil Registry department in the town of Douma, northeast of Damascus. Faten Rajab, Physics Scientist, was arrested in 2011 for he...