Islamic State fighters killed at least 37 people in a  Syria n village near the city of Hama overnight, a group monitoring the war said, part of a pattern of attacks by the ultra-radical force in government-held areas of western Syria. Syrian state television put the number...

Turkey's Prime Ministry has imposed a temporary broadcast ban on coverage of an ongoing hostage crisis in Istanbul. Gunmen have seized a public prosecutor at an Istanbul courthouse. Mehmet Selim Kiraz had been handling the case of Berkin Elvan, who was critically injured during...

(Reuters) - The Palestinian Authority becomes the 123rd member of the International Criminal Court on Wednesday, a major step that could move its decades-long conflict with  Israel  into a courtroom. Israel is opposed to the court, is not a member and has no plans to...

At least 55 people have been killed in Syrian regime air strikes on the rebel-held city of Idlib north of Syria  since an alliance of Islamist groups have seized the city last Saturday for the first time in Syria's civil war, activists said.   Activists said among the...