MOSCOW, RUSSIA, Anna Smolchenko- Russia plans to bring together members of the Syrian regime and opposition in a new push to resuscitate talks on ending the country's nearly four-year civil war,...

WASHINGTON, US- US President Barack Obama on Tuesday was to urge lawmakers to endow him with new war powers to defeat Islamic State militants, warning the battle would be long but eventually...

KANO, NIGERIA, Aminu Abubakar- Boko Haram has claimed a massive attack feared to be the worst in its six-year insurgency and threatened Nigeria's neighbours, as talks began for a regional response to...

THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS- Syria has begun destroying its remaining chemical weapons production sites, despite being hampered by bad weather and logistical problems, the world's chemical watchdog said...

LONDON, UK- Eighteen Nobel prize winners called on Saudi academics to condemn the flogging of Saudi blogger Raef Badawi in an open letter published by British newspaper the Independent on Tuesday....

DUBAI, UAE- Human Rights Watch on Sunday urged Bahrain's Western allies to press the kingdom to release detained activists, including a Shiite opposition chief whose arrest has sparked protests and...

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM- Alix Rijckaert with Juliette Montesse in Nanterre, France- Europe was on high alert Sunday as the suspected mastermind of a jihadist cell in Belgium remained at large and jittery...

NIAMEY, NIGER- Five people were killed in violent riots in Niger's capital Saturday over the depiction of the Prophet Mohammed on the cover of France's Charlie Hebdo weekly, with angry crowds setting...

WASHINGTON, US, Dan De Luce- The US military will send nearly 1,000 troops to train Syrian rebel forces as part of a long-planned effort to build up a moderate opposition to take on the Islamic State...