Russian plane maker Sukhoi has repaired defects in 20 Superjet 100 aircraft that were grounded in December by airlines including Russia's Aeroflot and Mexico's Interjet, the company said Thursday. Checks by Russia's aviation authority were instigated in late December after a defect was...

U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said he would sound out ally South Korea on efforts to address North Korea's nuclear and missile programs as he arrived in Seoul Thursday, including plans to deploy a U.S. missile defense system there. Mattis' visit comes amid concern that the North may be...

On his first trip to the European Union since the U.S. presidential election, Russian President Vladimir Putin Thursday is heading to Hungary, the nation whose leader has cozied up to Moscow despite Russia-West tensions. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, a populist dubbed "little Putin"...

EU leaders meeting in Malta Friday will face the challenge of how to work with a chaotic Libya and reluctant sub-Saharan African countries to prevent a feared upsurge of migrant smuggling to Europe. Here is how the central Mediterranean smuggling route that runs mainly from Libya to Italy...