Sanctions in Syria have driven oil production underground, but one company has set out plans to tackle the problem. Gulfsands Petroleum owns a 50% stake in Block 26, where its interests pre-date the war. While sanctions prevent the company from operating in the area, other entities do not...

American and Syrian Kurdish forces detained a militant from the Islamic State group following a helicopter raid in eastern Syria, the U.S. Central Command said in a statement Thursday. IS sleeper cells continue to carry out deadly attacks in Syria and Iraq. The militant group once ruled...

TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were trading mixed Thursday, as investors grew cautious after Wall Street's biggest pullback of the year. Shares dipped in Tokyo, but rose in Seoul and Sydney, where they recouped earlier losses by late morning. Hong Kong shares were slightly lower, while Shanghai...

DNIPRO, Ukraine (AP) — The death toll from a Russian missile strike on an apartment building in the southeastern Ukrainian city of Dnipro rose to 30 Sunday, the national emergencies service reported as rescue workers scrambled to reach survivors in the rubble. Emergency crews worked...