An explosion followed by a fire at an apartment building in upper Manhattan on Wednesday has left one person dead and at least 16 people injured, officials say. According to ABC's New York affiliate , at least 16 people were injured, including one with "heavy trauma." The conditions...

Syrians in the Damascus district of Yarmouk are being forced to eat dogs, cats and inedible plants, a new Amnesty International report released on Monday has found. Starvation is being used as a “weapon of war,” Philip Luther, Amnesty International's Middle East and North...

Syria freed only 25 prisoners, not 150 as had been reported, in exchange for a group of kidnapped nuns, the country’s information minister Omran al-Zohbi has said. The statement came despite mediators and the opposition saying nearly 150 female detainees had been freed in exchange...

After discovering China-made components in the F-35 fighter jet, a Pentagon investigation has uncovered Chinese materials in other major U.S. weaponry, including Boeing Co's B-1B bomber and certain Lockheed Martin Corp F-16 fighters, the U.S. Defense Department said. Titanium mined...