Russia can help the U.S. fight Daesh, President-elect Donald Trump told Time magazine in an interview published Wednesday. Trump has been criticized for hi praise of Russia and President Vladimir Putin but he told the magazine cooperation with Moscow could benefit the U.S. in the Middle...

A U.N. rights watchdog called on Sri Lanka on Wednesday to investigate "routine torture" of detainees by security forces and rebuked its government for failing to prosecute war crimes committed during the country's 26-year civil war. The Sri Lankan military finally vanquished the separatist...

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Wednesday urged all actors in Syria to follow through on the pledges they made earlier to the Syrian people. All sides, including the Assad regime and armed opposition groups in Syria, continue to attack hospitals, schools, water sources, and infrastructure,...

The leaders of six major Western nations called on Wednesday for an immediate ceasefire in the Syrian city of Aleppo and condemned Russia and Iran for supporting the Syrian government. "The most urgent goal remains an immediate ceasefire so that the United Nations can bring humanitarian aid...