Air strikes and shelling killed eight civilians in northwestern Syria Tuesday after deadly clashes between pro-government forces and jihadists rattled a months-old truce and sparked a new wave of displacement. At least 53 fighters have been killed since Monday, in one of the deadliest...

At least one of the weapons North Korea fired at the weekend had many of the hallmarks of a missile, but that was the one word conspicuously missing from descriptions of the tests by Washington, Seoul, and even Pyongyang. North Korea wanted to express to the United States its frustration...

The Turkish Red Crescent offered this Ramadan’s first fast-breaking meal, or iftar, in opposition held Idlib in northern Syria on Monday. The humanitarian group will serve meal to more than 7,000 civilians in Idlib on daily basis and it will also deliver iftar to civilians at 15...

U.S. acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan said on Monday he had approved sending a carrier strike group and bombers to the Middle East because of indications of a “credible threat by Iranian regime forces,” but did not provide any details on the underlying intelligence. U.S....