An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.2 jolted Chiba prefecture in eastern Japan, the country’s meteorology agency said Thursday. The agency said the quake occurred around 4:47 a.m. local time off the coast with its epicenter at a depth of 30 kilometers (18 miles) and was felt in...

Seven fighters, including two Syrian soldiers, were killed in Israeli strikes Tuesday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. "Five pro-Iranian fighters were killed in a strike on a military center belonging to pro-Tehran militias" on the Sokhna-Deir Ezzor road in eastern Syria,...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Russian warplanes carried out two airstrikes on opposition areas in northern Idlib province, local reporter said Saturday. The strikes targeted the town of Kafr Owayeid in Jabal al-Zawiya region. No casualties reported. Also, the regime artillery has pounded an...

Turkish bombardment has killed a Kurdish shepherd in northern Iraq, a local official said on Friday, the first known civilian victim of Ankara's air and ground assault on the region. The official from Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region, Ihsan Chalabi, told AFP the shepherd was killed early...