Syrian's military and Russian warplanes bombarded rebel-held districts of Aleppo on Saturday as Damascus's allies said victory was near, but insurgents fought back and army advances halted after rapid gains during the week. The United States said it was meeting a Russian team in Geneva to...

ISIS will not be defeated on the battlefield alone but by teaching tolerance and creating economic opportunity, Germany's defense minister said Saturday. "We should complement the coalition against terror with a coalition for education," Ursula von der Leyen told a Gulf security conference....

Fresh air strikes pummeled the shrinking rebel enclave in Aleppo on Saturday ahead of parallel talks in France and Switzerland aimed at saving the Syrian city from "complete" destruction. Foreign ministers from the Western and Arab backers of Syria's beleaguered opposition -- including US...

France's popular former economy minister, Emmanuel Macron, gets his campaign for the French presidency into gear with a rally in Paris on Saturday which should mark him out as a dark horse in the race for the Elysee. The 38-year-old Macron, once a protege of President Francois Hollande, has...