Greek airports will shut down from Sunday, the air traffic controllers’ union said Wednesday as it announced a four-day strike, local media reported. The consecutive 24-hour strikes were declared in response to a bill introduced late Tuesday night in parliament on the restructuring of the...

France is to launch a new push for United Nations backing for a ceasefire in Syria that would allow aid into the city of Aleppo after some of the heaviest bombing of the war. As diplomatic efforts resumed, a Syrian military source said army commanders had decided to scale back air strikes...

The Taliban should look at the example of a deal between the Afghan government and militant commander Gulbuddin Hekmatyar as a path to an "honorable" peace in Afghanistan, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Wednesday. Kerry told an international conference in Brussels to raise funds...

Turkey pledged $150 million towards Afghanistan’s future on Wednesday. Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu made the announcement at a Brussels conference on Afghanistan. “Turkey will continue supporting the Afghan government within the security and development agenda,” he said in a...