Swiss third seed Stan Wawrinka outlasted tiring former champion Juan Martin del Potro in four sets to advance to the semi-finals of the U.S. Open on Wednesday. Twice grand slam winner Wawrinka ended the rousing comeback effort by the Argentine at Flushing Meadows with a 7-6(5) 4-6 6-3 6-2...

Kenyan workers involved in supplying khat were left wondering if their livelihood would ever return Thursday following Somalia’s sudden and unexplained ban on the mildly narcotic plant. The farmers, packers, transporters and wholesalers of khat, known as miraa in Kenya, were shocked Monday...

A group of 292 Syrians went back to the Syrian town of Jarablus from Turkey on Wednesday, marking the first formal return of civilians since Ankara launched a military incursion two weeks ago to try to secure the border region, a Turkish official said. Jarablus, which had been held by...

The Syrian government has begun releasing 169 prisoners in exchange for the return of the bodies of five Russian soldiers killed when their helicopter was downed, a lawyer said Wednesday. “On Tuesday, 50 inmates including seven women were set free from Adra prison and 84 others from Hama...