MOSCOW (AP) — President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday sternly warned the West against encroaching further on Russia's security interests, saying Moscow's response will be “quick and tough” and make the culprits feel bitterly sorry for their action. The warning during Putin's annual...

Saudi Arabia's crown prince and Greece's foreign minister have discussed aspects of cooperation Tuesday following a defense agreement signed between the two countries. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias met in the capital Riyadh, the Saudi...

The Russian military said Monday that its airstrike killed about 200 militants in eastern Syria. Rear Adm. Alexander Karpov, the head of the Russian military's Reconciliation Center in Syria, said Russian warplanes hit two militant hideouts northeast of Palmyra. Karpov said in a...

The head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard on Monday issued a warning to Israel, saying its "happiness" will be "very short-lived", state television reported. General Hossein Salami was speaking at the funeral of Brig. Gen. Mohammad Hosseinzadeh Hejazi in Tehran. On Sunday, the...