Venezuela's angry opposition is set to hold a huge protest rally Wednesday against unpopular President Nicolas Maduro's proposal to rewrite the constitution, dismissing it as a ploy to avoid holding elections and cling to power. In an oil-rich country saddled with shortages of food, medicine...

An aid convoy of food and medical supplies has reached the besieged Syrian town of Douma for the first time since October, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Tuesday. Along with the United Nations and the Syrian Arab Red Crescent, the ICRC went into Douma with 51...

Iran will provide military advisers to Syria for as long as necessary in support of President Bashar al Assad's forces, a senior commander in the Iranian Revolutionary Guards was quoted on Tuesday as saying. Iran has provided military support to Assad's forces since at least 2012, but...

U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday moved to ease the tension from U.S. air strikes in April against Russian ally Syria, expressing a desire for a Syrian ceasefire and safe zones for the civil war's refugees. The two leaders spoke by phone for the...