(BBC)- US Secretary of State John Kerry is to meet French and German foreign ministers in London later in a renewed attempt to broker peace in Syria. On Saturday he met Russia's Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, along with representatives from other countries with stakes in the five-year...

Angela Merkel wants to get other European Union member countries to agree to step up sanctions against Russia because of its role in the war in Syria, a German newspaper cited sources close to the German chancellor as saying. The issue of sanctions is due to be discussed at an EU summit on...

(Al Arabyia)- Washington, Moscow and key regional players who met in Switzerland for Syria peace talks have decided to “prolong contacts,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Saturday. “We agreed that we must prolong our contacts over the coming days while taking into account...

(theguardian)- Russian warships are expected to sail through the Channel next week at a time of heightened tensions between Britain and Moscow over the war in Syria. The navy said it and Nato routinely monitor other nations’ fleets when they enter UK waters, but the voyage comes amid...