The European Union's top diplomat has unveiled a plan to help war-torn Syria seal a peaceful end to fighting, improve stability and rebuild once a real political transition is happening. Foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said Tuesday that "there is much the European Union is ready to...

Turkey may slap the Netherlands with economic sanctions, Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus said Tuesday, a day after Ankara launched a series of high-level diplomatic sanctions against the Dutch in a deepening row. Kurtulmus made the...

President Vladimir Putin has approved a decree allowing some troops from Georgia's breakaway region of South Ossetia to be incorporated into the Russian army, the RIA news agency reported on Tuesday. Russia recognised South Ossetia as an independent state in 2008 after fighting a short war...

Germany's next government must set exact targets for cutting CO2 emissions soon after September's national election to provide clarity for local governments and companies to plan, Chancellor Angela Merkel said Tuesday. Merkel said the goal of reducing emissions by 80-95 percent by 2050 from...