Chinese President Xi Jinping has issued a tough line on national sovereignty amid multiple disputes with his country's neighbors, saying China will never permit any loss of territory. Xi's declaration came during a nearly one-hour speech Tuesday in Beijing marking the 90th anniversary of the...

The Turkish army on Monday arrested three soldiers accused of assaulting Syrian refugees along the Turkish-Syrian border, according to judicial sources. In the incident last Friday, four soldiers allegedly beat four Syrian refugees in Altinozu in the southern province of Hatay who were...

Venezuela's ruling Socialist Party has vowed that a newly elected legislative super-body will begin passing laws quickly after a vote that was boycotted by the opposition and slammed by foreign governments as an affront to democracy. At least 10 people were killed in protests on Sunday by...

Preparations began on Monday for the transfer of militants and their relatives from Lebanon's border region to Syria in exchange for Hezbollah prisoners, a Hezbollah media unit said. As part of a local ceasefire between Hezbollah and Nusra Front jihadists that took effect last week, about...