U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's visit to Moscow this week will be an early test of whether the Trump administration can use any momentum generated by striking a Syrian air base to craft and execute a strategy to end the Syrian war. Even before Trump ordered last week's strike on the...

U.S. military strikes against Syria over its alleged use of chemical weapons are a warning to other nations, including North Korea, that "a response is likely" if they pose a danger, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Sunday. As a U.S. Navy strike group headed toward the Korean...

French far-left presidential candidate Jean-Luc Melenchon has denounced U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to launch retaliatory missile strikes in Syria as a "criminal, irresponsible act." Melenchon said in a campaign speech focusing on international issues Sunday that the U.S. missile...

Pope Francis condemned a deadly blast at a church in Egypt and said at a Palm Sunday Mass that the world was suffering from wars, terrorism and "interests that are armed and ready to strike". Francis, who has not made any direct public comment on the current Middle East crisis, said the Mass...