A column of Russian military police arrived in the city of Kobani in northern Syria, Russia’s Defence Ministry said on Wednesday, the TASS news agency reported. The Defence Ministry has said that the military police will help facilitate the withdrawal of Kurdish YPG forces and their...

Russia warned Syrian Kurdish YPG forces on Wednesday they face further armed conflict with Turkey if they fail to comply with a Russian-Turkish accord calling for their withdrawal from the entire length of Syria’s northeastern border with Turkey. Moscow’s warning came shortly before...

A blockbuster retrospective of Leonardo da Vinci opens Thursday at the Louvre museum to mark 500 years since the death of the Renaissance master in the historic town of Amboise, France. Nearly 200,000 people have already reserved their place in line for the exhibition, the biggest ever...

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam apologized to the city's Muslim community Monday after police fired a water cannon at a major mosque during operations Sunday night to quell violent pro-democracy protests in the Asian financial hub. While the morning after clean-up was underway, Lam visited the...