Syrian Islamist insurgent group Ahrar al-Sham said on Wednesday it had been in talks with an Iranian delegation regarding the Syrian city of Zabadani but that the discussions had been halted. Any such talks between the conservative Sunni Islamist group and Shi'ite Iran would be highly...

An ISIS suicide bomber late on Tuesday blew himself up at the gates of T-4 military airport east of Homs city, leaving 11 army soldiers dead, activists said. Syrian regime's powerful air base in Syria desert near ancient city of Palmyra has become a main target for the hardline Sunni group in...

More than 2,000 people have died trying to cross the Mediterranean to Europe this year, data showed Tuesday, bearing testimony to migrants' increasingly desperate attempts to reach the continent. "Unfortunately, we have now reached a milestone whereby over 2,000 migrants and...

Two passenger trains derailed after flash floods struck a bridge they were crossing in central India , killing at least 27 people in the latest deadly accident on the nation's crumbling rail network, officials said. Rescuers searched through the night for passengers trapped in the trains...