A Russian submarine Tuesday fired cruise missiles at Daesh (ISIS) targets in Syria's Deir al-Zor province, the RIA news agency cited Russia's defense ministry as saying. The submarine, "Veliky Novgorod," launched three "Kalibr" missiles from the eastern Mediterranean, the agency...

Spain's Constitutional Court has blocked Catalonia's declaration of independence made by the regional parliament on Friday, a court spokeswoman said Tuesday. Hours after Catalonia's parliament voted on a unilateral declaration of independence, the Spanish government dissolved the...

Syrian regime shelling killed four schoolchildren and a man on Tuesday in the rebel-held besieged town of Jisreen east of the capital Damascus, a Britain-based monitor said, AFP reported. "A shell fired by regime troops hit the entrance of a school in Jisreen just as children were...

Iran will lift border restrictions with Iraq's Kurdistan region "in the coming days following a closure after last month’s Kurdish vote in favour of independence, the Iranian armed forces chief of staff said. Maj. Gen. Mohammad Baqeri, in remarks quoted by ISNA news agency on Monday,...