Fighting raged on in southern Aleppo on Saturday, the army and rebels said, hours after the United States and Russia hailed a breakthrough deal to put Syria's peace process back on track. The army attacked rebel-held areas, pushing to maximize recent gains before a new nationwide ceasefire...

Although Spain has been without a functioning government for more than eight months, that hasn’t stopped the acting government from making controversial decisions. Mere minutes after acting Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy’s failed investiture vote last Friday came the contentious...

The U.S. and Russia have agreed to take steps to reduce violence in war-torn Syria, Secretary of State John Kerry announced on early Saturday. In a joint press conference with his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, Kerry said a truce would commence with the start of the Muslim holiday...

The United States and Russia early Saturday announced a breakthrough agreement on Syria that foresees a nationwide cease-fire starting on Monday, followed a week later by an unlikely new military partnership targeting the Islamic State and al-Qaida as well as new limits on President Bashar...