The Russian military is criticizing the United Nations for dragging its feet on delivering humanitarian aid to the areas of Aleppo, which have been recently seized by Syrian government forces. Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov said that the Russian military has...

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier Friday met with Syrian refugees in the Bekaa Valley town of Barr Elias. Steinmeier arrived in Beirut at dawn for a one-day trip to Lebanon. UNHCR has registered some 1.1 million Syrian refugees in Lebanon, but the Lebanese government...

Britain will not block attempts by the European Union to forge a closer common defense policy as it negotiates its exit from the bloc, British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said Friday. Defense minister Michael Fallon had previously said he would stop the creation of an EU army for as long...

South Korea's scandal-hit leader Park Geun-hye is hoping to convince the country's ruling Saenuri Party to block her impeachment through talks as soon as this weekend, a presidential office source revealed Friday. The National Assembly's opposition bloc agreed on the same day to start...