The U.N. envoy for Syria said Saturday he hoped "some type of formula" could be found to avoid a "terrible battle" in Aleppo, where government forces and their allies are gaining ground in an attack aimed at taking back the whole city from rebels. Staffan de Mistura, speaking at a Rome...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Saturday Moscow was ready for talks with the United States about a complete withdrawal of all rebels from Syria's eastern Aleppo. Syrian regime forces have captured 60 percent of the area previously held by rebels in eastern Aleppo after gaining...

European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini is convinced the fall of rebel-held areas of Aleppo to the government would not end the war in Syria, she said Saturday. "I'm convinced the fall of Aleppo will not end the war," Mogherini said during a panel discussion at a...

A new outbreak of bird flu hit France's foie gras producers Friday just as a ban on exports outside Europe was about to be lifted in time for the crucial holiday period. The agriculture ministry said the outbreak of the "highly pathogenic" H5N8 strain of the virus was detected Thursday on a...