Warships from Russia's Black Sea Fleet have taken up position off Crimea's western coastline to help strengthen the peninsula's air defenses in response to the start of Ukrainian missile tests nearby, the RIA news agency reported on Thursday. Kiev began two days of missile tests on Thursday,...

A top UN envoy on Wednesday pleaded with the Security Council to help break the siege of Aleppo, warning that residents of the Syrian city were at risk of extermination. "For the sake of humanity we call on -- we plead -- with the parties and those with influence to do everything in their...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan discussed the situation in Syria's Aleppo with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin by phone for the third time in a week Wednesday and agreed on the need for a cease-fire, sources in Erdogan's office said. The sources said the two leaders agreed on...

President-elect Donald Trump announced Wednesday he would leave his business conglomerate to focus solely on the presidency. “I will be leaving my great business in total in order to fully focus on running the country in order to MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!” Trump tweeted using his...