A UN envoy acknowledged Tuesday that a new meeting aimed at winding down Syria's civil war would not happen as planned this month but voiced hope it would take place in November. Geir Pedersen, the UN special envoy for Syria, said after a trip to Damascus that there had been no accord on...

Inspectors from the U.N.'s atomic watchdog have confirmed Iran has started building an underground centrifuge assembly plant after its previous one exploded in what Tehran called a sabotage attack over the summer, the agency's head told The Associated Press Tuesday. Iran also continues to...

Russia on Tuesday reported 320 fatalities caused by the novel coronavirus – the biggest single-day death toll since the beginning of the pandemic earlier this year. In total, the virus has already claimed 26,589 lives in the country and the situation has recently been worsening, the...

Police detained Tuesday seven Daesh (ISIS) suspects in Ankara accused of preparing attacks on national holidays in Turkey, media and officials said. They were planning attacks on Republic Day on Thursday and ceremonies on November 10 which commemorate the death of the founder of the modern...