Saudi-backed Yemeni forces landed by sea at the Red Sea port of Maydee near the border with Saudi Arabia late on Wednesday, residents said, opening up a new front in a nine-month-old civil war. Northern Yemen is a stronghold of the Iranian-allied Houthi group, which has seized...

North Korea said it successfully tested a powerful nuclear bomb on Wednesday, drawing criticism from world governments even though the United States and weapons experts voiced doubt the device set off by the isolated nation was as advanced as Pyongyang claimed. The underground...

The Obama administration has a vision for Syrian leader Bashar Assad's departure. Even if it works, the president won't be around to see the plan through. An internal U.S. timeline for a best-case Syrian political transition, obtained by The Associated Press, sets a date of March...

Tunisia's prime minister, Habib Essid, on Wednesday announced a cabinet reshuffle naming new interior, justice and foreign ministers but gave no reasons for the changes. Tunisia has been under a state of emergency since an Islamic State suicide bomber attacked presidential...