After Turkey withdrew from observation posts within regime-controlled areas, Syria and Russia stepped up their attacks in Idlib, raising fears of an imminent battle. Russian airstrikes accompanied by Syrian regime-led bombardment have escalated in some areas of the northwest province...

In front of Vienna's City Hall, preparations for one of the Austrian capital's famous Christmas markets were on ice Tuesday and the wooden stalls shuttered as the country began a second coronavirus lockdown. As of midnight, new rules mean Austrians are only supposed to leave the house for a...

President-elect Joe Biden will focus on shaping his core White House team on Tuesday while outgoing President Donald Trump presses on with his increasingly tenuous legal fight to reverse his loss in the U.S. election. Biden's senior campaign staff have been discussing their roles in the...

Russia confirmed on Tuesday a record number of coronavirus deaths and recoveries, which were registered over the last 24 hours. The virus claimed another 442 lives, the highest in Russia since the pandemic began, according to the latest government figures. As many as 439 people had died of...