German police said Tuesday they were treating as "a probable terrorist attack" the killing of 12 people when a lorry ploughed through a packed Berlin Christmas market. Dozens more were wounded Monday when the truck tore through the crowd, smashing through wooden stalls and crushing victims,...

 Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in a statement that a meeting in Moscow later on Tuesday between the foreign ministers of Iran, Turkey and Russia would adopt tangible measures on Syria. Lavrov also condemned the murder of Russia's ambassador to Turkey Andrei Karlov on...

The assassination of Russia's envoy to Turkey will likely not harm warming bilateral ties but its impact will be felt more in Syria, according to analysts surveyed by AFP. The Turkish and Russian leaders spoke immediately after the event and Turkey's foreign minister voiced its determination...

At least 57 journalists have been killed around the world in 2016 while doing their job, Reporters Without Borders said on Monday. The press freedom group said 19 were killed in Syria alone, followed by 10 in Afghanistan, nine in Mexico and five in Iraq. Almost all of those...