The Russian ruble and shares in some of Russia's biggest companies slid lower Monday, dragged down by the threat of new U.S. sanctions and lower oil prices. Volatility on the Russian market has soared since Washington imposed fresh sanctions against Moscow on April 6, targeting major...

The African Union on Sunday urged the international community to find a political solution to the Syrian crisis. On Saturday, the U.S., U.K., and France launched airstrikes on the Assad regime's alleged chemical weapons facilities in Syria. The strikes came after the Assad...

France has convinced U.S. President Donald Trump to "stay in Syria long-term" and to limit this weekend's strikes to chemical weapons sites, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Sunday. On Saturday, France in coordination with the U.S. and the U.K. conducted a series of military...

(AP) — Minnesotans slogged through a mid-April storm Sunday that dumped 2 feet (half a meter) of snow on parts of the Upper Midwest, coated roads with ice and battered areas farther south with powerful winds and tornadoes before plowing toward the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic U.S. The...