The United States and China are close to reaching a major trade deal that would see both sides lower some of the tariffs imposed during an often-bitter trade war, a report said Sunday. Negotiators for the two sides have made substantial progress and a final accord is close to being hammered...

Ukrainian pensioner Nadiya Ignatiy says she has had the plum and cherry trees in her garden cut down for firewood since the government raised gas prices late last year. In next month's election, she will vote against President Petro Poroshenko in favor of an opponent who has pledged to...

Syria's regime army on Wednesday displayed a huge cache of what it said were powerful explosives left behind by rebels in Daraa province, the birthplace of the uprising that sparked the country's civil war. During a government-organised trip for journalists to the area, an AFP correspondent...

At least four people were killed in shelling by regime forces on Syria's Idlib province on Monday, local sources have said, bring the civilian death toll from government bombardments this year to over 80. The Syrian regime attacked the town of Khan al-Sabil with artillery shells,...