A 6.4-magnitude earthquake rocked eastern Taiwan on Tuesday, killing two people and injuring more than 100 others, according to Taiwan’s official Central News Agency (CNA).  According to U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the quake’s epicenter was 22 kilometers (13 miles) northeast...

 Russian and Syrian government forces launched a new wave of airstrikes and shelling Tuesday, plunging the besieged area just outside of Syria's capital of Damascus into a spiral of violence and despair. At least 55 civilians were killed in what activists described as one of...

The death toll from Syrian regime air strikes on the rebel-held enclave of Eastern Ghouta near Damascus Tuesday  has risen to 104, local monitoring group and local activists said. Strikes on several locations in the besieged area east of the capital also wounded more than 100...

The United Nations called Tuesday for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Syria of at least one month as heavy air strikes were reported to have killed at least 30 people in rebel-held areas near Damascus and in the northwest. Separately, U.N. war crimes experts said in Geneva that...