ISTANBUL, TURKEY, Stuart Williams- Turkish prosecutors on Thursday opened a criminal probe against the leader of the main pro-Kurdish party, as Ankara stepped up its controversial air campaign...

WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES- The Pentagon denied reports Thursday that new graduates of its program to train Syrian rebels had been captured by rivals from an Al-Qaeda affiliate. The Britain-based...

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND- The United Nations said it was "deeply disturbed" by the death sentences handed down in Libya on Wednesday against a son and eight aides of slain dictator Moamer Kadhafi. "We had...

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM, Bryan McManus- NATO strongly backed Turkey's fight against Islamic State militants in Syria at emergency talks Tuesday but some countries expressed concerns that strikes on Kurdish...

UNITED NATIONS, UNITED STATES- United Nations aid chief Stephen O'Brien said Tuesday he hoped to secure better humanitarian access to Syrians most in need during his maiden visit to Damascus next...

RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA, Ian Timberlake- Saudi Arabia's foreign minister on Monday denounced "aggressive statements" by Iran, intensifying the verbal sparring between the regional rivals after a global...

ANKARA, TURKEY, Fulya Ozerkan with Andrew Beatty in Addis Ababa- The US and Turkey have agreed to work together to drive Islamic State (IS) jihadists from northern Syria, senior US officials said...

NAIROBI, KENYA, Peter Martell / Andrew Beatty- US President Barack Obama declared Saturday that "Africa is on the move", praising the spirit of entrepreneurship at a business summit on landmark visit...

DAMASCUS, SYRIA- President Bashar al-Assad granted an amnesty on Saturday for people in war-torn Syrian who have dodged service or defected from the army, state news agency SANA reported. According...