As Turkish and Israeli planners increasingly frame their rivalry as an interconnected, multi-theatre contest, the margin for ...

UNITED NATIONS — The threat from Islamic State and al-Qaida extremists and their affiliates is most intense in parts of Africa, and risks are growing in Syria, which both groups view as a “a strategic ...

Syria’s embattled and increasingly isolated president has appealed to the leaders of a five-nation economic forum meeting in South Africa to help end his country’s two-year conflict. President Bashar ...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Islamic State extremists are exploiting instability in Africa and Syria and remain a significant threat in Afghanistan, Central Asia and Europe, U.N. counterterrorism experts ...

In 1985, there was Live Aid, a live concert with a global audience of 1.9 billion across 150 nations, organized by the Irish singer-songwriter Bob Geldof to benefit Ethiopian famine relief. Millions ...

Syria's interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa urged Bedouin tribes to "fully commit" to a ceasefire aimed at ending clashes with Druze militias. The ceasefire was agreed on by Syria and Israel, and was ...

Netanyahu pledges support for Druze minority during visit Israel has expanded military presence in Syria post-Assad Syria demands return to original buffer zone, Israel refuses US-brokered talks for ...

A South African freelance photojournalist kidnapped in Syria returned home on Friday after almost three years in captivity, his family announced. He was seized at a hospital run by South Africa-based ...

The relentless suffering of Syrian civilians marks a shameful failure of political will and a new low in Syria’s long-running conflict, which this month reaches a depressing seventh anniversary, the ...