The Iraqi army on Tuesday recaptured the Ramadi Island in western Iraq from Daesh militants, a top army commander said. Speaking to Anadolu Agency, Major General Ismail al-Mahallawi, head of the army’s Anbar Operations Command, said Iraqi forces, backed by U.S.-led airstrikes, wrested...

Intensive care wards in Yemen's hospitals are filled with emaciated children hooked up to monitors and drips - victims of food shortages that could get even worse due to a reorganization of the central bank that is worrying importers. With food ships finding it hard to get into Yemen's ports...

Turkish authorities suspended nearly 13,000 police officers, detained dozens of air force officers and shut down a TV station on Tuesday, widening a state-ordered clampdown against perceived enemies in the wake of July's failed coup. The police headquarters said 12,801 officers, including...

 The United Nations Security Council will begin negotiations on Monday on a draft resolution that urges Russia and the United States to ensure an immediate truce in Syria's Aleppo and to "put an end to all military flights over the city." The draft text, seen by Reuters, also asks U.N....