MOSCOW: Russia's Vladimir Putin in 2014 ordered a passenger aircraft which was reported to be carrying a bomb and targeting the opening of the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi to be downed, the president said in a film shown Sunday. In a 2-hour documentary titled "Putin" and available on...

MUSCAT (Reuters)-  U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis warned Syria Sunday it would be "very unwise" for government forces to use weaponized gas, as he cited unconfirmed reports of chlorine attacks in eastern Ghouta and slammed Russian support for Damascus. Mattis stopped short of...

Qatar on Saturday filed a complaint with the UN Security Council regarding alleged violations of its airspace by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain.   In a letter to UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres and the Dutch President of the UN Security Council, Karel Van...

Qatar accused the United Arab Emirates Friday of seizing a fishing boat and forcing its eight occupants to enter Emirati waters at gunpoint, the latest accusation in a nine-month row between the Gulf Arab neighbors. The UAE, along with Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Egypt, imposed travel, diplomatic...