Ukrainian protesters poured on to a central Kiev square on Wednesday, preparing to confront police anew after the bloodiest day since the former Soviet republic, caught in a geopolitical struggle between  Russia  and the West, won its independence. After hours of...

 The United States is opposed to the supply of shoulder-fired missiles, capable of taking down warplanes, to rebel forces in  Syria , a senior Obama administration official said on Tuesday. The official, traveling with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in ...

Syrian government forces seized a village inhabited by President Bashar al-Assad's minority community from Islamist fighters in a central province on Tuesday, state media said. Insurgents including fighters from Ahrar al-Sham, Jund al-Aqsa and other Islamist groups had taken...

Gun battles erupted between Thai police and anti-government protesters in Bangkok on Tuesday and four people were killed and dozens wounded as authorities made their most determined effort yet to clear demonstrators from the streets. In a day of tangled developments in Thailand's...