The main opposition High Negotiations Committee says it is pulling out of formal mediation citing a worsening situation in Syria. Assad's regime has been accused of more than 2,000 violations since the end of February. The latest interruption to the on-off peace talks, brokered...

The biggest earthquake in Ecuador in decades has killed 272 people -- but that toll will 'certainly' rise even further, the president said as overwhelmed rescuers struggled to pull survivors out of the destruction. The 7.8-magnitude quake struck the small, oil-producing South American...

Reporting by Hussein al-Zoubi; Translation by Yusra Ahmed The Syrian regime delegation has arrived Geneva Friday to participate in the third round of indirect talks that officially started two days ago. The U.N. sepcial envoy to Syria Staffan De Mistura is due to meet the regime’s and...

Syrian regime army backed by Russian warplanes launched an assault north of Aleppo on Thursday, threatening to block a vital rebel route into the city in fighting that has cast new clouds over Geneva peace talks. Syria's recent upsurge in fighting, particularly around the...