Syria's rebel and opposition groups are trying to forge a common stance over negotiations to end the civil war but the absence of some prominent activists and a main Kurdish force from their meeting in Riyadh shows that unity remains elusive. Saudi Arabia, a strong supporter of rebels fighting...

Russia has asked the United Nations Security Council to hold closed-door discussions on Turkish military action in Syria and Iraq, diplomats said on Monday, in the latest sign of increasing tensions between Moscow and Ankara. Russia's U.N. mission had no immediate comment. But council...

Tensions with Russia could cost Turkey's economy nine billion dollars in the worst case scenario of "zero relations", Turkish Deputy Prime Minister said Monday. Moscow has imposed a series of economic sanctions against Ankara after Turkish fighter jets shot down a Russian jet on the Syrian...

President Barack Obama addressed the nation on Sunday night as recent attacks in Paris and California have raised concerns that the U.S. and other countries aren't doing enough to prevent terror attacks. "I know that after so much war, many Americans are asking whether we are confronted by a...