(Zaman Al Wasl)- Nine regime troops killed and wounded in the ongoing clashes with the Islamic State in the Syrian desert, pro-regime news feeds said Monday. The casualties included General Brigadier as heavy clashes take place near al-Sukhna town, 220 km (150 miles) east of central...

At least 15 Yemeni rebels and eight soldiers were killed Monday as government forces attacked insurgent positions in two areas in the southwest of the country, military officials said. Government forces attacked Huthi rebels and their allies, renegade troops loyal to ex-president Ali...

Nearly one in 10 infants received no vaccinations in 2016, meaning that they missed the first inoculation against three lethal diseases, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Monday. A full 12.9 million infants received no vaccinations last year, WHO found in a joint report with the UN's...

The people of war-torn Afghanistan continue to bear the brunt of the grinding conflict with civilian deaths at their worst since records began, the United Nations said Monday. In the first half of the year, 1,662 civilians were killed and more than 3,500 injured with deaths in the capital...