Syria's new foreign minister tells Iran not to spread chaos in Syria

Syria's newly appointed foreign minister, Asaad Hassan al-Shibani, told Iran on Tuesday not to spread chaos in Syria but to respect the Syrian people's will and the country's sovereignty. Tap for t...

Bosnia's Serb lawmakers block EU membership plan

Lawmakers in Bosnia's Serb Republic regional parliament ordered Serb representatives in state institutions on Wednesday to block decision-making and law changes needed for the Balkan country's inte...

Finland investigates outage of undersea power link to Estonia, Finnish PM says

Finland's Prime Minister Petteri Orpo said Wednesday authorities in his country were investigating an undersea power cable outage on a line connecting Finland and Estonia. Tap for the full brief.

Ecuador AG to seek charges against 16 military members over missing youths

Ecuador's attorney general's office will seek charges against 16 military personnel over their suspected involvement in the forced disappearance of four minors, it said in a message on Tuesday. Tap...

Azerbaijan Airlines plane crashes in Kazakhstan, killing 38

An Embraer passenger jet crashed near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, killing 38 people, after diverting from an area of Russia that Moscow has recently defended against Ukrainian dro...

New Syrian government says ex-rebel factions agree to merge under defense ministry

Syria's de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa reached an agreement Tuesday with former rebel faction chiefs to dissolve all groups and consolidate them under the defense ministry, according to a statemen...

Some gaps have narrowed in Gaza ceasefire deal, sides say

Gaps between Israel and Hamas over a possible Gaza ceasefire have narrowed, according to Israeli and Palestinian officials' remarks on Monday, though crucial differences have yet to be resolved. Ta...

Lebanon to cooperate with Interpol on arrest of former Syrian official accused of war crimes

Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati said on Monday Lebanon will cooperate with an Interpol request to arrest former Syrian intelligence officer Jamil Hassan, accused by U.S. authorities ...

Israeli army forces patients out of a north Gaza hospital, medics say

Israeli troops forced the evacuation of the Indonesian Hospital in northern Gaza and many patients, some of them on foot, arrived at another hospital miles away in Gaza City, the territory's health...

Russian cargo ship sinks in Mediterranean after explosion, Russian Foreign Ministry says

A Russian cargo ship called Ursa Major sank in the Mediterranean Sea overnight after an explosion ripped through its engine room and two of its crew are still missing, the Russian Foreign Ministry ...

Egypt troops to join African Union Somalia mission, foreign minister says

Egypt will contribute troops to an African Union Somalia peacekeeping mission, its foreign minister said Monday, as ties between the two countries grow closer amid tensions with Ethiopia over recog...

Indonesia counter-terrorism agency mulls parole for former militant leaders

Indonesia is considering parole for two former leaders of the Jemaah Islamiyah militant network and amnesty for its jailed members, senior officials said, after 1,300 former members pledged their l...

Philippines defends US missile system deployment, seeks to acquire its own

The Philippines' defense minister on Tuesday justified the country's deployment of a U.S. medium-range missile system and plans to acquire its own, despite opposition from China, a longstanding riv...

US airstrike in Syria kills two Islamic State group operatives, wounds another, says CENTCOM

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US-backed SDF says five fighters killed in strikes by Turkish-backed forces in Syria

The U.S.-allied Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said five of its fighters had been killed on Saturday in attacks by Turkish-backed forces on the city of Manbij in northern Syria. Tap for the full br...