Syria's transport ministry said a freight train carrying phosphate derailed and caught fire Sunday after getting hit by explosives planted on the tracks by 'militants' in the country's center. The regime-owned train was transporting phosphate from mines in Khunayfis in Homs province,...

Yemen’s Houthi rebel group on Sunday claimed to have killed Saudi soldiers in an attack in the oil-rich kingdom, according to a pro-Houthi television.  Al-Masirah television, citing a military source, said Houthi rebels carried out an attack in the southwestern Jizan region. ...

The crew of the British-flagged Stena Impero tanker seized by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards are all safe, the head of the Ports and Maritime Organisation of Iran in Hormozgan Province told state TV on Sunday. “All 23 crew members aboard the ship are safe and in good health in Bandar Abbas...

Four Turkish citizens have been kidnapped in Nigeria, a West African country, a source said on late Saturday. Turkish citizens were kidnapped by unidentified people in the south Nigerian state of Ilorin at 10.00 p.m. local time (2100 GMT) on Friday, said the source who asked not to be...