Matthew was downgraded to a post-tropical cyclone on Sunday as it struck North Carolina and Virginia with a diminished yet still potent punch, causing flooding and widespread power outages along the U.S. Atlantic coast after killing hundreds in Haiti. The most powerful Atlantic storm since...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Sunday he had detected increasing U.S. hostility towards Moscow and complained about what he said was a series of aggressive U.S. steps that threatened Russia's national security. In an interview with Russian state TV likely to worsen already...

A review by the Philippines of joint military drills with the United States could see exercises continue or scaled back, a military spokesman said on Saturday, following more rhetoric from the president about scrapping them completely. An assessment would be conducted among the defense top...

Russia’s foreign minister said his country was interested in a proposal made by UN Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura who asked al-Nusra Front militants to leave the northern Syrian city of Aleppo with their weapons. Sergey Lavrov, speaking to Russia's Channel One on Friday, said Moscow was...