A U.S. fighter aircraft and a Russian fighter aircraft conducted a communication test in skies over south central Syria on Tuesday to validate safety protocols agreed between the two countries last month, a U.S. military official told Reuters. The U.S. military official, speaking on condition...

 Fifteen migrants suffering from hypothermia were found alive in the back of a refrigerated lorry in northern France after a blind search by emergency services triggered by a call from one of the trapped men. The authorities said they received a "strange call" around 0800 GMT from "a man...

Warplanes pounded ISIS's de facto Syrian capital Raqqa on Tuesday, killing at least 23 people including 13 militants, activists said. The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that either Syrian or Russian warplanes are believed to have carried out the strikes. "Thirteen...

Russia's air force has flown 1,631 sorties and struck 2,084 militant targets since the start of its airstrikes campaign in Syria, Russian news agencies cited the defense ministry as saying Tuesday.