Syria’s long civil war has reclaimed global attention after insurgents seized most of its largest city and dozens of nearby towns and villages.

The clay head has an elongated skull, a flat nose and slanted eyes, a normal depiction of those from the Ubaid culture, ...

Gunmen have killed three soldiers who were guarding an oil pipeline in Benin, a military source said Tuesday, in the latest attack in the West African country where jihadist violence is rising.

Fighting has escalated as insurgents captured Aleppo and nearby areas, and pro-govt Syrian and Russian forces are conducting ...

The unravelling of a US-dominated global order is revealing a fractured world where rising nationalism and regional power ...