Two hospitals were damaged and a bakery hit in bombardments of rebel-held eastern Aleppo early on Wednesday, residents said, as Syrian government forces pressed their Russian-backed campaign to retake the whole city. At least six people were killed by artillery shelling in the al-Maadi...

The Bulgarian government on Wednesday nominated European Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva to stand for the United Nations Secretary-General post after another candidate, Irina Bokova, dropped in the ranking in the fifth U.N. Security Council secret ballot. The nomination of Georgieva, a...

Chancellor Angela Merkel stressed Tuesday that EU member states should provide shelter for refugees fleeing terror and civil war, irrespective of their religion or faith. Speaking at a joint news conference with visiting Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak in Berlin, Merkel underlined...

The Philippines’ military said Tuesday that two brothers believed to have been responsible for the abduction of Indonesian and Malaysian sailors as part of kidnap-for-ransom activities with a militant group have been killed. Maj. Filemon Tan Jr., Western Mindanao Command spokesman, said in...