Hurricane Matthew, carrying winds of 120 miles per hour (195 kph), lashed central Florida on Friday, hugging the Atlantic coast as it moved north and threatened more destruction after killing more than 500 people and leaving thousands homeless in Haiti. Matthew, the first major hurricane...

In a sign of growing frustration with Russia and Syria, Secretary of State John Kerry on Friday called for a war crimes investigation into the allies as they continue an intense air campaign on rebels in Aleppo. He said Syrian forces hit another hospital in Syria's pre-war largest city...

 A German court has convicted four men who procured tens of thousands of euros (dollars) worth of supplies for the ultraconservative Ahrar al-Sham group in Syria of supporting a 'terrorist organization'. Lebanese citizen Kassem El-R., 33, was sentenced to 3 ½ years in prison Thursday by...

Two bombs targeting a train in the restive western Pakistani province of Baluchistan killed at least four people on Friday and wounded 16, officials said. The bombs hit the Jaffer Express which runs between the provincial capital, Quetta, and Rawalpindi, next to the capital, Islamabad, said...