Pentagon chief Jim Mattis accused Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday of making international "mischief" and said America's commitment to NATO remains unwavering. Speaking to students in Germany to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Marshall Plan to rebuild a ravaged Europe...

Six suspected members of Daesh (ISIS) were arrested in Spain, Britain and Germany on Wednesday in an operation led by Spanish authorities investigating an extremist recruiting network, the Spanish interior ministry said. Raids were continuing Wednesday morning targeting the group, based on...

Syria’s former defense minister Mustafa Tlass, a close friend of President Bashar Assad’s father and predecessor Hafez, died in Paris Tuesday, his son Firas said. He was 85. Tlass, whose other son Manaf was among the most high-profile regime officials to defect during the early days of...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Tuesday that global trade was not a zero-sum game and that she would seek to establish a rules-based commerce system that benefits all, striking a compromising tone before a G20 summit next week. Merkel, who will host leaders of the G20 leading...