A U.S. military satellite detected a heat flash over the Sinai at the time a Russian airliner crashed, killing all 224 people aboard, U.S. media reported. The Airbus A321 plunged to the ground Saturday 23 minutes after taking off from the Red Sea resort of Sharm-el-Sheikh on a flight to St...

Syrian government officials and members of the country's splintered opposition could meet in Moscow next week as Russia pushes to broker a political solution to the crisis, a senior official said on Tuesday. "Next week, we will invite opposition representatives to a consultation...

As they digest the resounding victory of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's party in Turkey's general election, residents of the mainly Kurdish city of Diyarbakir say they want only one thing from the new government: peace. A tentative peace had prevailed for two years, after peace talks...

A stateless child is born every 10 minutes, the United Nations said Tuesday, warning that the problem has intensified as the conflict in Syria has sparked a global migrant and refugee crisis. A new report by the UN refugee agency highlights the long-term consequences of statelessness for...