WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES- The Islamic State group's ranks have been pared back by international and local military action in Iraq and Syria to their lowest level since Washington began monitoring...

UNITED NATIONS, UNITED STATES- Syria's commitment to a ceasefire and pledges to allow aid deliveries are slipping, putting the peace process on a more fragile footing, US Ambassador Samantha Power...

DAMASCUS, SYRIA- The UN peace envoy to Syria said Monday that an upcoming round of negotiations in Geneva would be "crucially important" in finding a solution to the country's brutal five-year war....

AL-NASRIYA, SYRIA, Max Delany- Two elderly men in chequered headdresses, a Syrian army officer and a Russian colonel sat at a plastic table by a desert road signing sheets of paper. "In the name of...

UNITED NATIONS, UNITED STATES- The next United Nations secretary general must commit to a new global deal for refugees and to end the death penalty during his or her tenure, the world's leading human...

HIROSHIMA, JAPAN- Group of Seven foreign ministers on Monday pledged support for the US-led coalition to "intensify and accelerate" its fight against the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria....

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, Robin Millard- British Prime Minister David Cameron released his tax details Sunday in a bid to defuse a row over his father's offshore business, but faced further questions...

AL-QARYATAIN, SYRIA, Max Delany- Bassam Dabbas did not think he would survive to see his hometown of Al-Qaryatain retaken when Islamic State group jihadists seized control and captured him and...

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, Robin Millard- British Prime Minister David Cameron admitted Saturday he had mishandled the controversy over his shares in his father's offshore business interests, which were...