Syria views a U.S. decision to halt CIA support to rebel groups fighting to topple President Bashar al-Assad as a "start" toward ending the six-year conflict, a government minister told Reuters. "All these steps are the start to solving the Syrian crisis, and without that there is no...

Rights group Amnesty International urged the EU on Tuesday to get bloc membership candidate Turkey back in line and "reset" relations with Ankara if it does not reverse its human rights crackdown. Amnesty head Salil Shetty made the appeal during a meeting with European Union diplomatic chief...

President Donald Trump has assailed The Washington Post in connection with a story about the termination of U.S. efforts to aid rebels fighting to oust Syria's President Bashar Assad. In a post on his Twitter account Monday, Trump said, "The Amazon Washington Post fabricated the facts on my...

A federal judge in Michigan halted on Monday the deportation of more than 1,400 Iraqi nationals from the United States, the latest legal victory for the Iraqi nationals facing deportation in a closely watched case. U.S. District Judge Mark Goldsmith granted a preliminary injunction requested...