Pyongyang fired two ballistic missiles Wednesday, Seoul said, days after a similar launch that the nuclear-armed North described as a warning to the South over planned joint military drills with the United States. The two devices were fired from the Wonsan area on the east coast at dawn and...

An explosion Wednesday hit a bus travelling on a highway between two key cities in western Afghanistan, killing at least 34 passengers, including children, and injuring 17, officials said. Security has been deteriorating across Afghanistan, with the Taliban and Islamic State fighters...

A workshop was held July 15 at the headquarters of the Syrian opposition's self-styled interim government in Azaz, in the northern Aleppo countryside.  The local councils’ heads of the towns and villages of Aleppo countryside, the interim government’s ministers and Prime Minister...

Algeria's powerful army chief Tuesday ruled out accepting any pre-conditions to launching talks to end the country's political crisis, saying there was "no more time to lose". Algerians have taken to the streets every Tuesday and Friday since February demanding political change, leading to...