US-backed Kurdish militants in Syria recruited at least 483 child soldiers into their ranks last year, a report by the United Nations has revealed. According to the annual Children and Armed Conflict report by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, published on Monday, the Kurdish-led...

ISTANBUL (AP) — Hatice Cengiz, the fiancee of murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, described Joe Biden’s decision to visit Saudi Arabia as “heartbreaking,” accusing the U.S. president of backing down from his pledge of prioritizing human rights. In an interview with The...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lankan protesters began to retreat from government buildings they seized and military troops reinforced security at the Parliament on Thursday, establishing a tenuous calm in a country in both economic meltdown and political limbo. Embattled President Gotabaya...

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian missiles that struck a city in central Ukraine killed at least 20 people and wounding about 90 more Thursday, Ukrainian authorities said. The country's president called the attack “an open act of terrorism” against civilians in locations without military value....