Talks on consolidating the Syrian cease-fire held in Kazakhstan this year helped jumpstart the United Nations-led peace negotiations in Geneva, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday. At the first round of the talks in the Kazakh capital Astana in January, Russia and Iran, allies of...

 Iran's navy has test-fired the latest versions of the Nasr and Dehlaviyeh missiles during military exercises in the Gulf, local media reported on Monday. "The latest naval cruise missile called Nasr was test-fired during Velayat 95 naval manoeuvres in the southern waters of the...

Indonesian police shot dead an attacker during a firefight at a government office Monday after a small bomb was set off in a public park. No one apart from the attacker was hurt in the incident in the major city of Bandung on Java island, which police said was linked to a "terrorist...

Russia hopes the Syrian opposition will form a joint delegation for the Geneva peace talks, RIA Novosti news agency reported on Monday, citing Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov. The agency also quoted Bogdanov as saying that Kurdish representatives should also take part in the...