Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said Turkey and Iran "should play the role of mediator" in the conflicts in Iraq and Syria. During a joint press conference with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in Tehran on Tuesday, Erdogan said "history and culture has been slaughtered in...

Two 17-year-old boys from Dewsbury, northern England, are believed to have travelled to Syria through Turkey, British police said Tuesday. "North East Counter Terrorism Unit can confirm that West Yorkshire Police has received a report that two 17-year-old boys from Dewsbury are believed...

More than 540 people have been killed and 1,700 wounded during ongoing fighting in Yemen in recent weeks, according to the World Health Organization. A WHO spokesperson told a press conference in Geneva on Tuesday: "More than 540 people have been killed and some 1,700 others wounded by the...

The  United Nations  Security Council said on Monday it would look at how to help some 18,000 Palestinian refugees and Syrian civilians in a camp largely taken over by Islamic State as a top U.N. official suggested it consider measures to evacuate people. Pierre Krahenbuhl,...