UNITED NATIONS, UNITED STATES- The UN Security Council will hold a meeting this month to hear about Islamic State attacks on sexual minorities, the first-ever council meeting focussed on gay rights,...

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM- A Jewish group has criticised Britain's response to the migrant crisis, recalling that Jews were once the focus of an immigration scare in a letter to Prime Minister David...

BEIRUT, LEBANON- At least 37 civilians were killed Wednesday in Syrian government air strikes near Damascus, while at least 13 people died as rebels fired a barrage of rockets into the capital, a...

BEIRUT, LEBANON- The Islamic State group released 22 Assyrian Christians that it had abducted in northeastern Syria almost six months ago, activist groups said. They were among more than 200 members...

DAMASCUS, SYRIA- Syrian authorities have arrested Suleiman al-Assad, a cousin of the president accused of killing a military officer in a road rage incident, official news agency SANA said Monday....

BEIRUT, LEBANON- Rocket fire from rebel-held areas around the Syrian capital killed five people and wounded 37 on Saturday, state news agency SANA reported. "Five dead and 37 wounded in a terrorist...

WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES- The United States on Saturday condemned deadly terror strikes in Mali and Saudi Arabia, and offered condolences to both nations over the loss of life. At least 12 people,...

UNITED NATIONS, UNITED STATES, André Viollaz- The UN Security Council voted unanimously Friday to set up a panel to identify who is behind deadly chlorine gas attacks in Syria, which the West blames...

CAIRO, EGYPT, Samer al-Atrush with Rusmir Smajilhodzic in Vrpolje, Croatia- Fears mounted over the fate of a Croatian abducted near the Egyptian capital by Islamic State group jihadists who have...