JALALABAD, AFGHANISTAN- Self-proclaimed fighters from the Islamic State group have for the first time launched coordinated attacks on police checkpoints in an eastern Afghan province, killing at...

JERUSALEM, UNDEFINED- A rocket fired from war-torn Syria strayed into the Israeli-occupied sector of the Golan Heights Sunday, prompting the Israeli army to respond after the second such incident in...

BEIRUT, LEBANON- Lebanon's Shiite movement Hezbollah, an ally of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, confirmed Friday a six-month truce had been agreed for the rebel-held town of Zabadani and two...

UNITED NATIONS, UNITED STATES- Teenaged Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai appealed Friday for leaders to do more on Syria, saying that the drowning of a toddler showed the world had "lost humanity."...

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM- US President Barack Obama and British premier David Cameron spoke by telephone about refugees fleeing Syria and the need for a political transition, Cameron's office said on...

BUDAPEST, HUNGARY, Geza Molnar with Katarina Subasic in Belgrade- Croatia and Serbia traded ugly barbs Thursday and slammed tit-for-tat border restrictions on each other as Hungary started building...

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM- German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Thursday that President Bashar al-Assad should be involved in any Syrian peace talks, amid mounting pressure to end the four-year conflict. "We...

BUDAPEST, HUNGARY, Peter Murphy- Hungary's parliament gave Monday the army and police sweeping new powers to keep migrants out as populist Prime Minister Viktor Orban warned that Europe was being...

MOSCOW, RUSSIA, Max Delany- Russia demanded action Monday after a shell landed in its embassy compound in Damascus, as President Vladimir Putin tried to reassure Israel over an apparent military...