Saudi air defense forces intercepted a missile fired by Houthi fighters in neighbouring Yemen at the southern city of Najran on Saturday, Saudi-owned Al Arabiya television reported. Al Arabiya gave no further details. The Houthi-run Saba news agency earlier said a ballistic missile was...

The Chinese government will spend 1.875 billion yuan ($298.92 million) to improve irrigation systems in the heavily ethnic Uighur southern part of the violence-prone far western region of Xinjiang, state news agency Xinhua said on Saturday. The government has increasingly turned its...

The prime minister of the self-declared Tibetan government-in-exile in India has urged his compatriots to strengthen efforts to make the return of the Dalai Lama to his native land a reality. Lobsang Sangay says Tibet has seen 60 years of destruction of its civilization, culture and...

Israel's chief military spokesman says if violence drags on along the Gaza border, Israel will expand its reaction to strike those behind it. Brig. Gen. Ronen Manelis says Saturday the military has thus far restricted its response to those trying to breach its border but if "attacks"...

Perched on a green hilltop, Kurdish and Arab fighters face a tense front line separating them from Turkish-backed forces in this part of northern Syria. Behind them, American troops drive up and down the roads. Their aim: Make their presence known to prevent bursts of gunfire from spiraling...

Lebanon's General Security agency is expected to implement Saturday an agreement reached with Damascus on returning around 1,000 displaced Syrians from Lebanon's Shebaa region to their hometowns inside Syria, a media report said. “Their hometowns which lie on Mount Hermon's eastern foot...

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday called for an "independent and transparent investigation" after 16 Palestinians were killed and hundreds more wounded during clashes with the Israeli military, a spokesman said. His call came as the UN Security Council heard fears of a...

A Mormon conference this weekend in Utah will usher in a new era of church leadership that comes as the faith grapples with heightened scrutiny about its handling of sexual abuse reports and one-on-one interviews between local lay leaders and youth. Church President Russell M. Nelson...

Two British members of Daesh (ISIS) who allegedly belonged to a cell notorious for the beheading of hostages in northern Syria say that revoking their citizenship denies them a fair trial. The two men are thought to be among four members of the Daesh cell dubbed "The Beatles" that are...

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman wants the US military to maintain a presence in Syria, he told TIME on Thursday during his multi-city tour of the United States. “We believe American troops should stay for at least the mid-term, if not the long-term,” he said. Prince...

Turkey said on Friday that a French pledge to help stabilize a region of northern Syria controlled by Kurdish-dominated forces amounted to support for terrorism and could make France a “target of Turkey”. French backing for the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), spearheaded by the Kurdish...

(CNN)- If President Donald Trump makes good on his promise to get out of Syria "very soon," one of the biggest winners will be Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Russian government. Although the Kremlin has tried to cast its involvement in Syria as primarily an air campaign, there...

Hundreds more Syrian rebels and civilians prepared Friday to leave Eastern Ghouta under a negotiated withdrawal, as Russia unilaterally announced a similar deal to empty the final pocket of the battered enclave. The former rebel bastion on the outskirts of Damascus has been drained by a...

(CNN) At least 15 Palestinians were killed and more than 1,400 injured in confrontations with Israeli forces during protests at the Gaza border on Friday, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health. The Health Ministry said 1,416 people were wounded as protesters marched toward...

Turkey Friday accused Israel of using "disproportionate force" against the Palestinians as clashes in Gaza near the Israeli border left at least eight people dead and dozens wounded. "We strongly condemn Israel's use of disproportionate force against Palestinians during the peaceful protests...

President Donald Trump is telling advisers he wants an early exit of U.S. troops from Syria, two senior administration officials said Friday, a stance that may put him at odds with many top U.S. officials. Trump is spending Easter weekend at his Palm Beach, Florida, estate. During a speech...

Libyan authorities said six people were killed when a suicide car bomber struck a checkpoint in eastern Libya, in an attack claimed by the local affiliate of Daesh (ISIS). The bomber targeted the eastern gates of Ajdabiya, said Fawzy al-Mansouri, head of the city operations room. He added...

A majority of young people believe President Donald Trump is racist, dishonest and "mentally unfit" for office, according to a new survey that finds the nation's youngest potential voters are more concerned about the Republican's performance in the White House than older Americans. The...

 Russia Friday expelled Dutch diplomats and told Britain it had one month to reduce its diplomatic presence in the country, hitting back at EU countries after a coordinated campaign by the U.K. and its allies over a nerve agent attack on a former spy. Earlier in the day Russia had...

Around 600 Syrian refugees living in the Hasbaya towns of Shebaa and al-Arqoub have decided to start going back to Syria Saturday, the National News Agency reported Friday.