Ukraine's president on Monday threatened military action after pro-Russian separatists occupying government buildings in the east ignored an ultimatum to leave and another group of rebels attacked a police headquarters in the troubled region. Acting president Oleksander...

France ’s steps at the UN Security Council toward an ICC referral for Syria give momentum to international efforts to ensure justice there, Human Rights Watch said today. Security Council members and other countries alike should express support for a referral of the situation in...

Syrian regime forces have reclaimed the ancient Christian hamlet of Maaloula, near Damascus, and seized a rebel-held town near the border with Lebanon, agencies reported on Monday. A security official told Agence France-Presse that the Syrian army retook Maaloula four months...

Syrian opposition activists have posted photographs and video that they say shows an improvised chlorine bomb to back up claims that President Bashar al-Assad's forces used chemical weapons in two attacks last week. Rebels and the government have blamed each other for the...