Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko thought he could rely for his re-election in part on the votes of soldiers who have spent years fighting pro-Russian separatists. But a visit to the frontline found low morale and little enthusiasm for him. Such views go some way to explaining why...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Wednesday met with Iranain Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, who arrived in Ankara to brief him on his meeting with Syria's President Bashar Assad. Turkey supports Syrian opposition rebels and Iran backs Assad in Syria's long war, but the two...

Shells slammed into a densely-populated Tripoli suburb overnight, piling on the suffering for civilians from a two-week assault by commander Khalifa Haftar’s forces to take Libya’s capital from an internationally-backed government. The explosions, just before midnight on Tuesday, hit...

At least four people were killed in heavy shelling in the Libyan capital Tripoli, an official said on Wednesday as Europe and the Gulf were divided over a push by eastern forces commander Khalifa Haftar to seize the city. Nearly two weeks into its assault, the veteran general’s...