The weapons used Friday in the hijack of a jet from Libya to Malta were replicas according to the result of an initial forensic examination, Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said on his Twitter feed. The hijackers, armed with a grenade and pistols, forced the airliner to land in Malta...

Cristiano Ronaldo expressed his anguish over the plight of children in war-shattered Syria and made a donation to help fund emergency supplies in Aleppo. The Real Madrid and Portugal star's "generous donation" will fund food, clothing and medical care for families in Aleppo and across Syria,...

The U.N. Security Council Friday rejected a U.S.-drafted resolution on imposing an arms embargo and sanctions on South Sudan, now in its fourth year of war. The measure garnered only seven votes in favor in the 15-member council, while eight countries including Russia, China and Japan...

Russia has sent a battalion of military police to keep order in Aleppo, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said Friday, after the Syrian regime took full control of the ravaged city. "We sent in a battalion of military police yesterday evening to maintain order in the liberated...