A Turkish cargo plane crashed into a village near Kyrgyzstan's main airport on Monday, killing at least 37 people and destroying houses after attempting to land in thick fog, authorities said. A massive section of the aircraft's tail billowed smoke as rescuers worked in the village of...

Russia plans to improve and expand its naval and air bases in Syria, the Interfax news agency reported on Sunday, citing an unnamed source, as Moscow cements its presence in the Middle Eastern country, its only overseas military deployment. The source told Interfax that Russia will start...

The U.S. will join the international community in Paris Sunday in a new push for peace in the Middle East, just five days before Donald Trump, who has vowed unstinting support for Israel, takes office. Foreign ministers and representatives from around 70 countries will seek to revive the...

Twenty years after Princess Diana's iconic visit to a minefield in Angola, the world faces a new landmine crisis in Syria and Iraq on a scale not seen for decades, campaigners said Sunday. The Mines Advisory Group said it had cleared and destroyed more than 9,000 newly laid landmines in both...