A powerful earthquake struck a remote area of Afghanistan on Monday, shaking the capital Kabul and killing at least 24 people while 76 were killed in neighboring Pakistan, officials said. The death toll could climb in coming days because communications were down in much of...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has raised the possibility of revoking benefits and travel rights of some Palestinians living in East Jerusalem, a government official said on Monday, in response to a wave of Palestinian violence. Such a move did not appear to be imminent or even politically...

Nusra Front's Twitter accounts said dozens of Syrian regime army were killed south of Aleppo in an ambush set by the al-Qaeda-linked group. Meanwhile, three civilians killed and tens wounded in Russian air strikes on the ISIS-held town of al Bab near Aleppo, activists said....

A new round of fierce fighting flared up Sunday between moderate rebels and forces loyal to Bashar al-Assad in the southern countryside of Aleppo city. A rebel source in al Shamiyeh Front told Zaman al Wasl that dozens of regime troops and their allied militia have been killed in cement...