Russia, Turkey and Iran are pressing ahead with a fresh round of Syria talks in Kazakhstan, Kazakh Foreign Minister Kairat Abdrakhmanov said on Monday, despite a request from the Syrian rebels to delay the meeting. "We are awaiting confirmations from the other parties to the meeting,"...

At least 652 children were killed in Syria in 2016, making it the worst year yet for the country's rising generation, the United Nations' child relief agency said Monday. There was no letup to attacks on schools, hospitals, playgrounds, parks and homes last year as the Syrian government, its...

Lawmakers on Sunday introduced amendments to China's nascent civil code to make defaming "heroes and martyrs" of the ruling Communist Party a civil offense, as the leadership moves to strengthen its grasp on the history of the People's Republic. China's ongoing National People's Congress...

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and maverick nationalist politician Pauline Hanson faced questions about their leadership on Monday after their parties suffered a resounding defeat in a state election at the weekend. Turnbull had already been trying to fight back against...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday called on international organizations to impose sanctions on the Netherlands, as a diplomatic row over Ankara's political campaigning among Turkish immigrants in Europe continues to simmer. Speaking at an event in Kocaeli province, near Istanbul,...

A journalist says a technician with his television station has been wounded in a car bomb blast in Somalia's capital. Abdiaziz Ibrahim, a Somali journalist with London-based Universal TV, says technician Abdihamid Karzai was seriously injured when a bomb planted in his car exploded in a...

Dutch police used water cannon and horses early Sunday to break up protests outside the Turkish consulate in Rotterdam as the city expelled a Turkish minister, amid an escalating diplomatic row with Ankara. After several hours of calm demonstrations, police moved in to disperse over 1,000...

The South Korean politician likely to emerge as the next president promised justice and common sense on Sunday as workers renovated the home of ousted leader Park Geun-hye to prepare for her departure from the presidential Blue House. The Constitutional Court ruled on Friday to uphold a...

The Dutch ban on Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu flying to Rotterdam on Saturday in a row over Ankara's political campaigning among Turkish emigres will not go unanswered and will have consequences, Cavusoglu said on Saturday. Speaking to reporters in Istanbul, Cavusoglu said the...

An Afghan official says at least eight members of the security forces have been killed by two other policemen in southern Zabul province. Gul Islam Seyal, spokesman for the provincial governor, said Saturday that both attackers fled the area after attacking their colleagues late Friday...

Three families who helped shelter former U.S. National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden in Hong Kong in 2013 after his mass leak of information about surveillance programs have asked Canada for asylum, their lawyer said Friday. The families - three Sri Lankan adults, a Filipina, and...

China's Industry Minister, Miao Wei, said Saturday that investment across the Taiwan Strait can help achieve China's aim of achieving unification with the self-ruled island, and called for Taiwan to be more open to Chinese businesses. China deems Taiwan a wayward province to be taken back by...

A federal judge in Wisconsin dealt the first legal blow to President Donald Trump's revised travel ban on Friday, barring enforcement of the policy to deny U.S. entry to the wife and child of a Syrian refugee already granted asylum in the United States. The temporary restraining order,...

Turkey expects Russia to lift completely economic restrictions it has imposed on Turkey, President Tayyip Erdogan said at a news conference with Russian leader Vladimir Putin on Friday. Moscow imposed economic sanctions on Ankara as relations soured after Turkey shot down a Russian warplane...

U.S. congressional investigators are demanding documents and contacting witnesses in a wide-ranging probe of the Defense Department's troubled anti-propaganda efforts against the ISIS. The investigation by the House Oversight and Government Affairs Committee follows reporting by The...

A host of economic and security-related issues will be tackled by today’s high-level meeting between Ankara and Moscow, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday in Russia. "I believe the steps we will take in many areas like the economy, trade, military, and the defense industry...

The UN on Friday accused Turkish security forces of committing serious abuses during operations against Kurdish militants in southeast Turkey after a regional ceasefire collapsed in July 2015. A report from the United Nations' rights office details evidence of "massive destruction, killings...

About 2,000 people were killed and entire neighborhoods razed in southeastern Turkey in 18 months of government security operations characterized by massive destruction and serious human rights violations, the United Nations said Friday. The U.N. human rights office said in a report on the...

The lead Brexit negotiator for the European Parliament wants to ensure that Britons can retain the benefits of European Union citizenship after the U.K. leaves the block, he told BBC radio Friday. Guy Verhofstadt said last year's Brexit vote was a tragedy for both the U.K. and the EU but...

President Vladimir Putin is to host his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan for talks focusing on Syria, where Russia and Turkey have launched mediation efforts and coordinated military action. The two countries brokered a cease-fire in December that helped reduce the scale of fighting...