The fall of rebel-controlled districts of eastern Aleppo to the forces of President Bashar al-Assad is likely to prove a decisive victory in the five-year civil war. The fall has…
continue readingU.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces say they have begun a new phase in their offensive to free Raqqa, Islamic State’s de facto capital in Syria. Kurdish-led forces renewed their offensive by…
continue readingU.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces say they have begun a new phase in their offensive to free Raqqa, Islamic State’s de facto capital in Syria. Kurdish-led forces renewed their offensive by…
continue readingRussian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Monday the Kremlin is ready to boost Serbia’s defense capabilities amid what his Serbian counterpart alleges is a threat from neighboring Croatia. The statements…
continue readingRussian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Monday the Kremlin is ready to boost Serbia’s defense capabilities amid what his Serbian counterpart alleges is a threat from neighboring Croatia. The statements…
continue readingThe nation’s first offshore wind farm has opened off the coast of Rhode Island, ushering in a new era in the U.S. for the industry. Deepwater Wind built five turbines…
continue readingPresident Michel Temer, fighting for survival over corruption allegations against him and his government, is planning new measures to jump start a stalled economy, improve his dismal approval ratings and…
continue readingHunger among Yemen’s children has reached an “all-time high,” with nearly 2.2 million in need of urgent care, the U.N. children’s agency UNICEF said Monday. At least 462,000 children suffer…
continue readingHunger among Yemen’s children has reached an “all-time high,” with nearly 2.2 million in need of urgent care, the U.N. children’s agency UNICEF said Monday. At least 462,000 children suffer…
continue readingA guitar owned by American rocker Jimi Hendrix is expected to fetch more than 80,000 pounds ($101,000) when it goes under the hammer in London on Thursday as part of…
continue readingRussia’s northernmost city, Norilsk, is a place of extremes. With a population over 100,000, it lies in the freezing Siberian Arctic, dependent on imported food. Norilsk’s economy is driven by…
continue readingRussia’s northernmost city, Norilsk, is a place of extremes. With a population over 100,000, it lies in the freezing Siberian Arctic, dependent on imported food. Norilsk’s economy is driven by…
continue readingSerbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic has cut short a visit to Brussels amid a dispute with European Union-member Croatia. …
continue readingSerbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic has cut short a visit to Brussels amid a dispute with European Union-member Croatia. …
continue readingWest African leaders will travel to Gambia on Tuesday in an effort to convince longtime President Yahya Jammeh to step down after his loss in the December 1 election. Jammeh…
continue readingWest African leaders will travel to Gambia on Tuesday in an effort to convince longtime President Yahya Jammeh to step down after his loss in the December 1 election. Jammeh…
continue readingAfrican agricultural officials have converged on Cameroon to map out ways of processing the continent’s enormous food resources instead of exporting the raw products to Europe. The international trade fair…
continue readingIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled for a seven-hour stop-over visit in Azerbaijan on his was to Kazakhstan. …
continue readingUkrainian lawmaker Nadia Savchenko has confirmed that she met with the leadership of Russia-backed separatists for consultations on prisoner swaps. The move triggered rebukes from her party for what it…
continue readingUkrainian lawmaker Nadia Savchenko has confirmed that she met with the leadership of Russia-backed separatists for consultations on prisoner swaps. The move triggered rebukes from her party for what it…
continue readingElection results from Moldova’s breakaway Transdniester region show the head of the region’s self-styled parliament has won the presidency by easily winning more than 50 percent of the first round…
continue readingThe Georgian Prosecutor-General’s Office has charged one man and opened a criminal case against a second in connection with the so-called “photographers’ case,” in which four photojournalists were found guilty…
continue readingAntonio Guterres, Portugal’s former prime minister, has been sworn in as Secretary-General of the United Nations. …
continue readingPolice crack down on fearful residents fleeing the effects and further risk from sinkholes in Russia’s Bashkortostan region. …
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