Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday he expects the UN to hold an extraordinary meeting on the Syrian city of Aleppo, presidential sources has said. Erdogan spoke via telephone with UN Secretary-General-elect Antonio Guterres and made the remark while stressing the importance...

(The Telegraph)- After four long and bloody years and countless lives, the battle for the beleaguered city of Aleppo appeared to finally be over on Tuesday. The rebels, who had fought fiercely for Syria’s second city since seizing control in 2012, in the end agreed to surrender in...

 Russian and Turkish officials will hold a meeting on Wednesday in Turkey to assess the situation in Syria's Aleppo, a senior Turkish official told Reuters, after the Syrian army and its allies took full control of districts abandoned by rebels. The possibility of opening a corridor to...

The billionaire owner of China's property-to-entertainment conglomerate Wanda Group has warned Donald Trump that over 20,000 US jobs would be put at risk if the US president-elect mishandles Chinese investment in the country. "I have over $10 billion investment in the United States and...

(The Wall Street Journal)- President-elect Donald Trump considers moving the U.S. embassy in Israel to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv a “very big priority,” senior adviser Kellyanne Conway said in a radio interview Monday, describing a step that would represent a major reversal of longstanding U.S....

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said talks with the United States on Syria were at a dead end, and ISIS's advance to Palmyra may have been staged by the United States and its regional allies to allow Syrian rebels in Aleppo a respite. During a visit to Belgrade, Lavrov said Russia was...

Pope Francis appealed to Syrian President Bashar Assad in a personal letter to ensure that international humanitarian law is respected so that civilians are protected and aid can get to them, the Vatican said Monday. In the letter, given to Assad by the Vatican ambassador in Damascus, the...

Russia is insisting on changes to a framework for ending bloodshed in eastern Aleppo, Syria that are "unacceptable," a U.S. official said Monday. Syrian President Bashar Assad, backed by Russia, is now close to taking back full control of Aleppo, which was Syria's most populous city before...

Ankara and Doha have launched a joint aid campaign for Syrian refugees in Turkey on Monday. The aid organization Turkish Red Crescent and Qatar Charity, a Doha-based NGO inked a deal in Istanbul for $10 million to aid refugees. According to the agreement, the Red Crescent and the Qatar...

Austria wants the European Union to freeze membership talks with Turkey over Ankara's massive crackdown following the failed coup. Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz said Monday that the EU "must at least freeze the accession negotiations." He said "it is wrong to continue...

The Russian government has been constantly lying about its willingness to negotiate a ceasefire in Aleppo, France's foreign minister said on Monday, accusing Moscow of intentionally deceiving its partners. "There is Russian doublespeak ... a form of constant lies. On the one hand they say...

China said Monday that it had "serious concern" about President-elect Donald Trump's most recent comments concerning Taiwan, and warned that any changes to how America deals with the self-governing island could damage diplomatic ties between Washington and Beijing. China's comments came a...

Authorities in southern India have evacuated thousands of people from low-lying areas after weather experts issued a cyclone warning. Schools and offices were closed and state authorities were on alert Monday in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh states as Cyclone Vardah neared India's...

Oil prices shot to their highest levels since mid-2015 on Monday after OPEC and other producers reached their first deal since 2001 to jointly reduce output in order to rein in oversupply and prop up markets. Brent crude, the international benchmark for oil prices, soared to $57.89 per...

(The Guardian)- The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has said he means to discuss with Donald Trump “various ways” to undo the Iran nuclear deal, after the president-elect moves into the White House next month. “I think what options we have are much more than you think,” Netanyahu...

 If president-elect Donald Trump keeps his promise, surplus military grenade launchers, bayonets, tracked armored vehicles and high-powered firearms and ammunition will once again be available to state and local U.S. police departments. National police organizations say they'll hold...

Iran signed a $16.6 billion deal for 80 Boeing (BA.N) passenger jets on Sunday and was said to be close to another for dozens of Airbus (AIR.PA) planes to complete what would be the biggest package of firm contracts with Western companies since Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution. The deal...

The United States and Russia on Sunday tabled a proposal to rebels in Aleppo that would offer safe passage from the city for fighters, their families and other civilians, three opposition officials with Aleppo rebel groups told Reuters. The rebel groups in Aleppo have yet to respond to the...

 President-elect Donald Trump has found an accomplished American executive in Rex Tillerson, but one whose longstanding support for free trade, international law and an expansive U.S. presence in the Middle East largely doesn't fit with what Trump has pitched to supporters. A native of...

U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter has arrived in Baghdad to meet with American commanders and Iraqi leaders and to assess progress in the fight to retake the northern city of Mosul ISIS. The unannounced visit Sunday came as Iraqi security forces have been slowed in their nearly two-month-old...