The U.S. Department of Homeland Security does not plan to announce an expansion of a ban on laptops in airline cabins this week after Secretary John Kelly spoke to European officials on Tuesday, a department spokesman said. The spokesman, David Lapan, confirmed that Kelly was speaking to...

Russian President Vladimir Putin dismissed on Tuesday any suggestion that Syrian President Bashar Assad's forces were behind a chemical attack that killed scores of people in Idlib province in April. "According to our information, there is no proof that chemical weapons were used by Assad....

German police on Tuesday detained a 17-year-old Syrian suspected of planning a suicide attack in Berlin, a spokesman for the interior ministry of the neighbouring state of Brandenburg said. The suspect was arrested in the Uckermark region north-east of Berlin, Brandenburg police said in a...

French President Emmanuel Macron affirmed his support for Syria's opposition on Tuesday in a meeting with its chief coordinator, a day after hosting Russian President Vladimir Putin, a key backer of Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad. The unannounced meeting with Riad Hijab and a broader...