Venezuela's opposition leader announced a mass street rally set for Tuesday to move forward the “next stage” of their US-backed attempt to gain power in the oil-rich country.  "We call on all of Venezuela to mobilize. Together, with the citizen power and the work of the National...

Russia has sent special forces in recent days to fight alongside regime army troops struggling to make gains in a more than two month assault in northwestern Syria to seize the last opposition bastion, senior rebel commanders said. They said although Russian officers and troops had been...

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed an order Wednesday further expanding the number of Ukrainian citizens who can apply for fast-track Russian passports. Moscow made the move ahead of a Ukrainian parliamentary election Sunday, when a Russia-friendly party may become the strongest...

Hong Kong’s vaunted police force is facing a crisis of confidence and leadership amid the city’s worsening political tensions, according to serving and retired officers, politicians and security analysts. The force is struggling to cope amid haphazard decision-making, worsening morale...