Vladimir Putin headed to an overwhelming win in Russia’s presidential election Sunday, adding six years in the Kremlin for the man who has led the world’s largest country for all of the 21st century.  The vote was tainted by widespread reports of ballot-box stuffing and forced...

A senior North Korean diplomat left for Finland on Sunday for talks with former U.S. and South Korean officials, Yonhap News Agency reported, amid a series of diplomatic encounters ahead of a possible U.S.-North Korean summit. North Korea is pursuing its nuclear and missile programs in...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime forces and Daesh fighters in southern suburbs of Damascus have agreed to cease fighting after four days of clashes, local sources told Zaman al-Wasl Saturday. The regime army ordered ISIS to retreat from al-Qadam to the adjacent neighborhood of al-Hajar...

Israel's military targeted a Hamas observation post Saturday after an explosive device detonated near the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel, the military said. The explosion occurred in the northern Gaza Strip near Israel's border fence, the army said in a statement, with no...