BAGHDAD (AP) — A U.S. drone attack targeted a truck for an Iran-backed militia in eastern Syria on Sunday, destroying the vehicle without causing any casualties, two Iraqi militia officials said. The attack came amid increasing tensions in the region between the U.S. military and...

Tens of thousands of vaccinated Muslim pilgrims circled Islam's holiest site in Mecca on Sunday, but remained socially distanced and wore masks as the coronavirus takes its toll on the hajj for a second year running. What once drew some 2.5 million Muslims from all walks of life from across...

Syrian regime artillery fire killed at least six civilians, 3 children and 3 women, in the country's last major rebel bastion of Idlib, a Britain-based war monitor said Sunday. The shelling took place in the village of Ehsim late Saturday, in the south of Idlib region, the Syrian...

British Home Secretary Priti Patel is set to announce a new pilot five-year visa scheme favouring high-skilled refugees in a move that has been condemned by critics for creating a system that could make it harder for those fleeing dangerous environments from getting a UK work visa. Patel...