An air raid has struck several cars in northwestern Syria, killing at least eight people, including Al-Qaeda-linked fighters and a senior commander with a Chinese Islamist militant faction, an activist group and a local jihadi commander said Monday. The attack occurred late Sunday on a road...

The dollar recovered from a two-week low against a basket of six major currencies Monday, though trade was thin due to many markets being closed for the New Year holiday. The greenback soared to 14-year highs in December, boosted by market expectations that the U.S. Federal Reserve will hike...

The daughter of Choi Soon-Sil, the woman at the centre of a corruption scandal that led to the impeachment of South Korea's President, has been arrested in Denmark after months in hiding, Seoul prosecutors said Monday. Chung Yoo-Ra, the 20-year-old daughter of the woman dubbed South Korea's...

 Ahmad Alkhalaf has had a busy year. He attended Democratic President Barack Obama's final State of the Union address as a special guest of a congressman. He learned to bike and rollerblade, took martial arts and gymnastics classes and spent his summer playing soccer and swimming...