President Vladimir Putin has approved a decree allowing some troops from Georgia's breakaway region of South Ossetia to be incorporated into the Russian army, the RIA news agency reported on Tuesday. Russia recognised South Ossetia as an independent state in 2008 after fighting a short war...

Water has reached a pumping station inside Aleppo and will "soon" go out to residential districts in the city, Syrian state media said on Tuesday. Aleppo's main water supply has been cut off for nearly two months, and residents have largely relied on ground wells or water bought from...

Germany's next government must set exact targets for cutting CO2 emissions soon after September's national election to provide clarity for local governments and companies to plan, Chancellor Angela Merkel said Tuesday. Merkel said the goal of reducing emissions by 80-95 percent by 2050 from...

Iraqi forces said Tuesday that they recaptured Mosul's train station, once one of the country's main rail hubs and the latest in a series of key sites retaken from extremists. The forces launched a major push last month to oust ISIS from west Mosul, taking back a series of neighborhoods as...