UNITED NATIONS, UNITED STATES- The UN Security Council will hold an emergency meeting Friday on Syria after a UN envoy warned that eastern Aleppo may be totally destroyed in the next few months by...

BEIRUT, LEBANON, Sara Hussein- The UN's Syria envoy Thursday warned east Aleppo faces total destruction, as government forces made their biggest gains in years against rebels inside the...

KAPITAN-ANDREEVO, BULGARIA, Diana Simeonova- The EU's beefed-up version of its struggling border force went into operation Thursday, in a rare show of unity by the squabbling bloc trying find a...

TEHRAN, IRAN- Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards warned regional rival Saudi Arabia to stay away from Iranian waters during its military exercises in the Gulf. "The naval forces of the Islamic...

WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES, Ivan Couronne Dave Clark- With Barack Obama's presidency coming to a close and US policy for Syria at an impasse, Vladimir Putin's Russia has stepped up efforts to secure...

BUDAPEST, HUNGARY, Peter Murphy and Nina Lamparski- Hungary's populist Prime Minister Viktor Orban suffered a blow Sunday in his revolt against the European Union after low voter turnout voided his...

BEIRUT, LEBANON- At least 21 Syrian rebels fighting alongside Turkish troops in northern Syria against the Islamic State group were killed Sunday by landmines laid by the jihadist group, a monitor...

ANKARA, TURKEY- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan condemned Saturday a US Congress vote to override Barack Obama's veto of a bill allowing 9/11 victims to sue Saudi Arabia, saying he expected...

ANKARA, TURKEY- Turkey's parliament on Saturday overwhelmingly approved a one-year extension of an existing mandate to use Turkish troops abroad in Syria and Iraq. The mandate was first approved by...