Several hundred Turkish and Syrian protesters held an anti-Russia demonstration in Istanbul on Saturday against intensified Russian and regime bombardment in Syria's rebel bastion of Idlib. The protesters -- mostly Syrians living in Turkey -- gathered close to the Russian consulate in...

Kazakhstan observed a national day of mourning on Saturday after 12 people died when an airliner crashed shortly after takeoff and slammed into a house. Witnesses spoke of the terrified screams of passengers as the plane came down on the edge of the country's biggest city Almaty on Friday,...

Britain's traditional New Years Honors faced criticism Saturday after they included two prominent but controversial figures from politics and the legal profession. Queen Elizabeth II's annual list unveiled late Friday gave a damehood to Alison Saunders, a former director of public...

Ukrainian authorities and pro-Russian separatists in the east of the country have agreed to swap dozens of prisoners Sunday, the self-declared rebel republic of Donetsk said. Both sides had said earlier this month they would carry out a prisoner exchange by the end of the year, following...