The tempest over U.S. President Donald Trump’s congratulatory phone call to Russian President Vladimir Putin quickly grew Wednesday into an uproar over White House leaks, sparking an internal investigation and speculation over who might be the next person Trump forces out of the West Wing....

Israel for the first time confirmed that it bombed a suspected Syrian nuclear reactor in 2007, saying on Wednesday that the strike removed a major threat to Israel and the region and was a "message" to others. The first public acknowledgement by Israel that its F-16 and F-15 warplanes...

A lightning assault by Daesh (ISIS) that put the militants in control of a southern part of the Syrian capital killed 62 regime fighters, a monitor said Wednesday in a new toll. Daesh launched the surprise attack on Monday night to seize the Qadam neighborhood of Damascus. The...

A suicide blast in the Afghan capital Kabul on Wednesday killed at least 26 people, officials and local media reported. Nusrat Rahimi, deputy spokesman for the Interior Ministry, confirmed a suicide bomber targeted a Nevruz [Spring Festival] gathering in the capital’s Karta-e-Sakhi...