Syrian activists and state media say rebel groups are fighting back, trying to retake territory lost to government forces this week in their stronghold in the country’s northwest.

Olympic race walk silver medalist Maria Guadalupe Gonzalez has been banned for four years for doping.

Mavis Staples, two months shy of her 80th birthday, threw a party at the Apollo Theater.

The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing at a Baghdad market the previous day that killed 8 people.

Italy is confirming that a Venezuelan of Italian origin who is a member of the country’s opposition-controlled National Assembly has taken refuge in the residence of the Italian ambassador.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is meeting French President Emmanuel Macron as the tech giant and France try to pioneer ways of fighting hate speech and violent extremism online.

A student activist who was imprisoned for sharing a BBC article about Thailand’s king on Facebook has been released under a royal pardon.

A Russian gun rights activist who admitted she was a secret agent for the Kremlin and tried to infiltrate conservative U.S. political groups while Donald Trump rose to power says she believed her notes and analysis would be 'valuable' for Russian officials.

Israel says it’s reopening the permitted fishing zone off the Gaza coast following a cease-fire deal with the territory’s militant Hamas rulers, which ended the worst spate of fighting between the enemies since a 2014 war.

An aide to Polish President Andrzej Duda says the leader and the first lady have been invited to the White House in June to meet with President Donald Trump.