Days before he shot dead five people in a canteen during his lunch break, Jordanian police officer Anwar Abu Zeid sent a message to friends saying he was going on a journey to "paradise or hell", friends and security sources said. The message, on the WhatsApp mobile messaging...

(Reuters)- U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday warned against proposed reductions in development aid by wealthy countries struggling to cope with Europe's refugee and migration crisis, saying such cuts would be counter-productive. "With the world facing the largest...

Syrian opposition figures and Gulf commentators dismissed Wednesday a Russian draft proposal for a process to solve the Syrian crisis, saying Moscow's aim was to keep President Bashar Assad in power and marginalize dissenting voices. A draft document obtained by Reuters on Tuesday showed Moscow...

Hungary, a major target point for migrants seeking to get into the European Union, called the bloc's relocation rules obsolete Wednesday and disputed any idea of letting people return to the first EU country they entered. Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto challenged the EU's immigration rules...