(Reuters) - Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has accused Syrian forces of committing massacres in and around Aleppo and said Turkey would face a major new refugee crisis if Syria's second city were to fall into their hands. As U.S. warplanes bomb Islamic State forces in...

(Reuters) - Saudi Arabia has closed down the offices of a religious television channel accused of fomenting sectarian tension, after at least eight people were killed in an attack on Shi'ite Muslims marking a major religious anniversary. Wesal TV has long been accused of...

(Reuters) - Republican Governor Rick Scott of Florida narrowly won re-election on Tuesday, defeating Democrat Charlie Crist in an expensive contest in which turnout was low in Crist's south Florida stronghold. Scott, 61, addressed supporters in Bonita Springs on the southwest...

Haj pilgrims from Syria have refused to return home after completing the pilgrimage citing the ongoing political unrest and have appealed for asylum in the Kingdom. With the deadline for leaving the Kingdom having expired, about 1,200 Syrian pilgrims approached the Haj Ministry to...