urkey is discussing with Russia and the United States a potential military offensive in a region of northeast Syria controlled by Kurdish fighters, a Turkish defense official was cited as saying by state media Tuesday. Turkey wants to set up a safe zone in the border area east of the...

Prime Minister Theresa May said Monday she has secured "legally binding" guarantees from the EU designed to get the Brexit deal through the British parliament and avert a chaotic withdrawal. She announced the move after a late evening dash to Strasbourg to hammer out the changes with top...

Floods caused by torrential rains in and around Brazil's financial hub Sao Paulo killed seven people overnight, firefighters said Monday. "We regret the unfortunate deaths of seven people," the fire service said on Twitter, adding that four others were injured. Four of the dead and two...

Investigators probing the deadly crash of an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 that plunged into a field in a ball of flames were to comb the wreckage Monday for clues to the disaster's cause, as operators around the world began grounding their fleets. The brand new MAX 8 plane -- one of...