KABUL (Reuters) - A bomb hidden in an ambulance killed at least 95 people and wounded about 158 in the Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday when it blew up at a police checkpoint in a busy part of the city that was crowded with pedestrians. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the...

Bombardment of the rebel-held eastern Ghouta area of Syria continued early Saturday, a war monitor said, after an insurgent spokesman said late on Friday that Russia had promised to try to impose a cease-fire. No ceasefire was formally announced by Russia or the Syrian government,...

Aleppo’s largest square was packed with people of all ages: young men performing a folk dance, children playing, others buying ice cream, popcorn, peanuts and salted pumpkin seeds. A giant sign spelled out in colorful English letters, “I love Aleppo.”  The scene in Saadallah...

Air strikes on a village held by Daesh (ISIS) in the eastern part of Deir al-Zor province killed at least 13 people including seven women on Tuesday, Syrian state media and a war monitoring group reported Thursday. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the...