With well-kept houses boasting renovated facades, solar-panelled roofs and neat gardens, Benndorf appears to be a peaceful and friendly German village of just over 2,000 residents. But behind the pleasant veneer is a community still struggling with problems typical in much of...

Turkish troops and allied Syrian rebels have now encircled two border towns in northeast Syria held by the U.S.-backed SDF forces after a ground offensive that seized several villages around them, a spokesman for the rebels said Thursday. Major Youssef Hamoud said the two towns of Ras al...

Roger Federer said that his devoted band of Chinese supporters helped pull him through a tough first set and into the Shanghai Masters quarter-finals on Thursday. The Swiss defeated David Goffin 7-6 (9/7), 6-4 after the 13th seed from Belgium squandered five set points in the first set....

Waving flags and snapping selfies, thousands of Iranian women on Thursday attended a football match freely for the first time in decades, after FIFA threatened to suspend the country over its controversial stadium restrictions. Elated female fans wore the national green, white and red flag...