Prospective U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson better watch his mouth, angry Chinese media said Friday, warning Donald Trump's nominee that his threats to block China in the South China Sea are fighting words. The comments came after the former ExxonMobil CEO told U.S. senators that he...

Russia and Turkey have signed an agreement spelling out mechanisms to "coordinate" their air forces in Syria when conducting strikes "on terrorist targets", the Russian defence ministry said Thursday. Delegations from the two countries, which last month brokered a ceasefire in war-torn...

A powerful blast caused by a suicide bomber hit a heavily policed district of the capital on Thursday with at least seven killed, a police source told state television. The source was quoted by state television as saying a suicide bomber blew himself in the Kafr Sousa neighbourhood...

Syria's cessation of hostilities is largely holding but there are some exceptions and humanitarian aid is still not getting in to besieged areas where food is running out, U.N. Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura said Thursday. He told reporters that 23 buses and Syrian drivers, used in recent...