President-elect Donald Trump says he will nominate retired Gen. James Mattis to be his defense secretary. Mattis, 66, is a Marine Corps general who retired in 2013 after serving as the commander of the U.S. Central Command. Trump made the announcement Thursday night at a...

(Sky News)- Russia and Syria are preventing essential humanitarian aid from reaching starving, sick civilians in east Aleppo, according to the United Nations. Around 200,000 people desperate for food and medical equipment remain trapped by fierce fighting in the rebel-held district of...

The UN envoy to Yemen and President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi met Thursday in the southern city of Aden to discuss a new bid to end the country's conflict, a government official said. Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, who flew in from Riyadh, held several hours of talks with Hadi at the hilltop...

Hezbollah’s parliamentary bloc Thursday renewed calls for Cabinet that is formed quickly and represents all of Lebanon’s political factions. In a statement following the bloc’s weekly meeting, MP Hasan Fadlallah said that “prominent political factions in the country should show their...