The United States and Russia made progress on Friday on proposals for a nationwide ceasefire in Syria, but technical details still needed to be worked out, a senior official of the U.S. State Department said. A Russian official said the process was "stuck in Washington" after a day of...

Gary Johnson, the U.S. presidential nominee of the Libertarian Party and former governor of New Mexico, joined news channel MSNBC's live "Morning Joe" show to answer journalists’ questions. One of the panel’s questions, Mike Barnicle's, "What would you do, if you were elected, about Aleppo?"...

A Volkswagen AG (VOWG_p.DE) engineer pleaded guilty on Friday to helping the German automaker evade U.S. emission standards, and his lawyer said he would cooperate with federal authorities in their criminal probe. James Liang, who has worked for VW since 1983 and was part of a team of...

The Syrian regime army secured a road into the government-held side of Aleppo that was captured by rebels last month and was expected to open it soon for civilians, state-owned al-Ikhbariya TV reported on Friday. The advance by the Syrian army and allied militia in the Ramousah area of...