(The Telegraph)- Russia is to build a base and send military personnel to northern Syria to train the YPG, the US-backed Kurdish group, the militia has said.   Redur Xelil, a spokesman for the group, said troops with armoured vehicles had already arrived near the town of Afrin, 25 miles...

A North Korean missile launch failed on Wednesday, with the rocket exploding within seconds, the U.S. military said, the latest in a series of North Korean weapons tests to rattle its neighbors and raise tension in the region. South Korea said the apparent test launch of one missile by...

Several hundred Bulgarian nationalists have blocked the three main checkpoints at the Bulgarian-Turkish border for a few hours Tuesday to prevent what they called "electoral tourism" by Bulgarian citizens living permanently in Turkey. The organizers from the nationalist United Patriots...

The 68-nation U.S.-led coalition against ISIS will meet in Washington on Wednesday to accelerate efforts to destroy the remaining extremist strongholds in Iraq and Syria. U.S. President Donald Trump has ordered his generals to come up with an accelerated strategy to "eradicate" the group's...