President Barack Obama has ordered for a waiver for restrictions on military aid to foreign forces and groups in Syria that are helping U.S. operations in that country, the White House said. “I hereby determine that the transaction, encompassing the provision of defense articles and...

Turkey plans a referendum by next May on constitutional changes that would expand the powers of the president and will then hold presidential and parliamentary polls together in 2019, a deputy prime minister said on Friday. Nurettin Canikli told A Haber TV in an interview that the ruling AK...

South Korean President Park Geun-hye, engulfed in an influence-peddling scandal, faces a historic impeachment vote in parliament on Friday that could see her become the country's first democratically elected leader to be ousted from office. Parliament is expected to vote in favour of...

Islamic State militants are using turmoil sown by Russian President Vladimir Putin's bombing in Syria to plot attacks against the United Kingdom and her allies, Britain's foreign intelligence chief said on Thursday. In his first major public speech since winning the top job at the Secret...