Yemeni security officials say two airstrikes by the Saudi-led coalition targeting the country's Shiite rebels have struck a wedding party, killing 28 people and wounding dozens. The officials, who remain neutral in the conflict that has splintered Yemen, say Monday's strikes hit the...

 Iran's president said Sunday that Syrian leader Bashar Assad must remain in power to fight extremist groups like ISIS and must not be weakened, putting him at odds with the United States and key nations who insist Assad must go in order to achieve peace. Hassan Rouhani told a meeting...

Russia appeared to seize the initiative in international efforts to end the conflict in Syria on Sunday as Washington scrambled to devise a new strategy for the war-ravaged country and France sent warplanes to bomb Islamic State targets. As leaders gathered in New York at the...

Israel struck Syrian army targets on the Golan Heights on Sunday, sources on both sides said, and Israel said it was retaliating for cross-border rocket fire from the Syrian war next door. Rebel sources in southern Syria and a British-based monitoring group said at least three...