The Iraqi security authorities have thwarted a planned attack by Daesh and arrested nine of the group's militants in separate areas of the country, Anadolu Agency reported. The Iraqi Ministry of Defence announced in a statement that its forces had thwarted a Daesh attack against the...

Syrian actors in the rebel-held province of Idlib are using their talent to highlight the pain and suffering endured by the hundreds of their fellow citizens detained in the regime's prisons, Anadolu news agency has reported. The project in question is part of a bid to help release the...

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — A series of airstrikes by Myanmar's military along the country's border raised concerns Monday that more villagers might flee to neighboring Thailand in large numbers, adding a new dimension to an already volatile crisis. The strikes in areas populated...

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar security forces opened fire Sunday on a crowd attending the funeral of student who was killed on the bloodiest day yet of a crackdown on protests against last month's coup, local media reported. The escalating violence — which took the lives of at...