Russia intervened to halt a clash between Syrian government forces and Turkey-backed Syrian rebels in northern Syria, sources on both sides said on Friday, the first confrontation between them as both sides fight Islamic State in the area. Islamic State is under attack from separate...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Free Syrian Army pressed further gains inside the the ISIS-controlled town of al-Bab in northern Aleppo province, taking new neighborhood after three days since the Turkish-backed moderate pursued a major offensive to seize the strategic stronghold of ISIS. FSA took al-Hikma...

President Donald Trump's meeting with Japan's prime minister offers a chance to shore up a long-standing security alliance and repair economic ties shaken by U.S. withdrawal from a Pacific trade pact. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who is expected to propose more Japanese investment in the U.S.,...

The Red Cross was desperately searching for two employees who went missing after their convoy came under insurgent fire in northern Afghanistan, leaving six other workers dead, the charity said Friday. The workers were ambushed in northern Jowzjan province Wednesday while they were en route...