UNITED NATIONS, UNITED STATES- UN chief Ban Ki-moon called Friday for a new push to resolve the conflict over Western Sahara and stressed that cooperation to address human rights could help find a...

WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES, Ivan Couronne- Hillary Clinton is poised to officially launch her 2016 presidential campaign this weekend, setting the stage for a bruising election battle as she bids to...

BEIRUT, LEBANON- Jihadists of the Islamic State group killed 17 soldiers and pro-regime fighters on Thursday in attacks on checkpoints in the central province of Homs, a monitoring group said. "At...

ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAM EMIRATES- The Emirati foreign minister said Wednesday that any Saudi-led ground operation against rebels in Yemen would need a green light from the country's President...

Canada carried out its first air strikes in Syria on Wednesday, expanding the country's contribution to the US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State, the military said. Two F-18s using...

BAGHDAD, IRAQ- Iraqi security forces and allied paramilitaries battled militants from the Islamic State jihadist group in Tikrit on Tuesday, the interior ministry said, a week after the city was...

ADEN, YEMEN, Nabil Hassan with Fawaz al-Haidari in Taez and Ian Timberlake in Riyadh- The Red Cross warned Tuesday of a "catastrophic" situation in Yemen's main southern city Aden, as forces loyal to...

DAMASCUS, SYRIA, Rim Haddad- After enduring two years of famine and fighting, Ibrahim Abdel Fatah said he saw heads cut off by Islamic State group jihadists in the Palestinian camp of Yarmuk in...

TUNIS, TUNISIA- The trial of 77 people in Tunisia charged with involvement in a jihadist attack that killed eight soldiers was adjourned Monday after the defence asked for more time to prepare. Only...