(BBC)- The Syrian town of al-Bab was rather insignificant until it emerged as a strategic stake between the Syrian president and his allies (Russia and Iran), Turkey, the Kurdish PYD (Democratic Union Party) and the so-called Islamic State group. Situated just north-east of Aleppo, this...

A powerful nighttime earthquake in the southern Philippines killed at least six people and injured more than 120 others, as officials Saturday combed through cracked buildings looking for more casualties. The late Friday quake with a magnitude of 6.5 roused residents from sleep in Surigao...

Combining public bluster with behind-the-scenes diplomacy, China wrested a concession from the United States as the two presidents spoke for the first time this week, but Beijing may not be able to derive much comfort from the win on U.S. policy toward Taiwan. Several areas of disagreement...

President Donald Trump on Friday appeared to adopt a harsher stance on Israel's illegal settlements, ahead of an upcoming meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “They [settlements] don't help the process,” Trump said in an interview with the Israel Hayom newspaper. “I am not...