A huge dust storm and lightning strikes killed at least 125 people across India which braced Thursday for more wild weather. Dust clouds plunged swathes of north India into darkness as choking winds of more than 130 kilometers per hour swept across the states of Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan...

A team of elite U.S. Green Beret commandos deployed to the Saudi Arabian border of Yemen last year to help find and destroy Houthi rebel missile caches, the New York Times reported Thursday. Since Yemen's brutal conflict erupted three years ago, Houthi rebels have fired multiple...

Syrian rebels began pulling out of an enclave they have surrendered in south Damascus on Thursday, but a few fighters in another besieged area near Homs shelled regime areas after their groups agreed to quit. The enclaves in south Damascus and near Homs are the only two besieged areas...

A Russian fighter jet crashed after taking off from an airbase in Syria on Thursday, killing both pilots, Moscow's defense ministry said in a statement carried by news agencies. "As it was climbing after taking off from the Hmeimim airbase, the Russian fighter Su-30SM crashed into the...