UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Wednesday condemned a car bombing in Syrian city of Homs, which left killed 36 people and injured many more. "These are horrendous acts of terror against innocent civilians," Xinhua quoted a statement issued by Ban's spokesperson as saying....

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States said on Wednesday that while al Qaeda's Pakistan-based "core organization" had been severely degraded, affiliates of the militant group in Africa and the Middle East were becoming more "operationally autonomous" and aggressive. The...

Germany has granted a political asylum for number of Syrian opposition personalities, well-informed sources within the National Coalition said on Wednesday. The veteran dissident Haitham al-Maleh, NC member and head of legal committee, and businessman...

Iraqis voted on Wednesday in their first national election since U.S. forces withdrew in 2011, with Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki seeking a third term amid rising violence. Iraq's western province of Anbar is torn by fighting as Sunni Muslim militants battle the Iraqi military....