Two Saudis were injured Friday by a military projectile fired from war-ravaged Yemen into southern Saudi Arabia, according to the kingdom’s civil defense agency.  Agency spokesman Yehia al-Kahtani said a shell struck a house in Jizan city near border with Yemen, injuring a man and his...

Syrian rebels shelled Aleppo and air strikes resumed around the city on Friday as Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his allies said the insurgents' withdrawal from the city could pave the way toward a political solution for the country. A day after the last rebels left their remaining...

Several passengers descended steps from a hijacked plane at Malta International Airport Friday, and Malta's Prime Minister Joseph Muscat tweeted that women and children were being freed. The aircraft had been on an internal flight in Libya when it was diverted to Malta, 500 km (300 miles)...

An airliner on an internal flight in Libya was hijacked and diverted to Malta where it landed on Friday, Maltese media reported. Two hijackers had threatened to blow up the Airbus A320, which had 118 people aboard, outlets including the Times of Malta said. The aircraft had been flying from...