More than 9,000 people have been killed since the conflict in Ukraine began, the United Nations said Wednesday, warning that even though fighting had abated, millions were in precarious situations. The UN human rights office hailed "a sharp de-escalation of hostilities" in the conflict zones in...

At least six children died and eight other people rescued on Tuesday after a boat carrying migrants bound for Greece capsized off Turkey's western coast near the city of Izmir, local media reported. Responding to a distress signal sent at midnight on Monday, the Turkish coastguard extended a...

The U.S.-led coalition fighting ISIS said Tuesday it was "assessing the credibility" of reports its strikes killed at least 26 civilians in a Syrian village Monday. "Every time we get information about the possibility of a civilian casualty incident, we always do a credibility assessment on...

 The US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group denied Monday its planes carried out air strikes that killed at least three Syrian regime troops a day earlier. "We've seen those Syrian reports but we did not conduct any strikes in that part of Deir Ezzor yesterday. So we see no...