(BBC)- The Syrian government has agreed to allow aid into the besieged rebel-held village of Madaya, the UN says, amid reports of residents starving to death. The UN humanitarian co-ordinator said it was planning to deliver humanitarian assistance "in the coming days". Aid agencies...

Saudi-backed Yemeni forces landed by sea at the Red Sea port of Maydee near the border with Saudi Arabia late on Wednesday, residents said, opening up a new front in a nine-month-old civil war. Northern Yemen is a stronghold of the Iranian-allied Houthi group, which has seized...

North Korea said it successfully tested a powerful nuclear bomb on Wednesday, drawing criticism from world governments even though the United States and weapons experts voiced doubt the device set off by the isolated nation was as advanced as Pyongyang claimed. The underground...

Saudi Arabia is determined that tensions with Iran should not derail international talks on Syria, another round of which is scheduled to take place in Geneva this month, the U.N. special envoy for Syria said on Tuesday. The United Nations has set a target date of Jan. 25 for the...