United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says a long-sought agreement has been reached on the composition of a committee to draft a new constitution for Syria. The U.N. chief told reporters Wednesday that U.N. special envoy Geir Pedersen "is doing the final work with the parties in...

Twenty Yemeni pupils listen to their teacher with textbooks balanced in their laps as they sit under trees in their southern village, where the school building remains unfinished. In war-torn Yemen, the students of Al-Kashar began a new school term without a building, tables or chairs....

Russia on Wednesday accused the US and Syrian rebels of blocking the evacuation of a refugee camp in southern Syria, where the UN has described conditions as "critical". The Russian army called the isolated Rukban camp in a US-controlled desert near the Jordanian border a "death camp"....

Gambling-mad Hong Kong has cancelled a horse racing event just hours before its start over fears anti-government protesters might disrupt a race featuring a mount part-owned by a controversial pro-Beijing lawmaker. Frequently violent demonstrations featuring hundreds of thousands of...