Iran's foreign minister called Wednesday on U.S. president-elect Donald Trump to stick to international agreements following his threats during the election campaign to tear up a nuclear deal with Tehran. "Every U.S. president has to understand the realities of today's world. The most...

Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated businessman Donald Trump on his victory in the U.S. presidential election in a telegram on Wednesday, the Kremlin said. "Putin expressed hope for joint work to restore Russian-American relations from their state of crisis, and also to address...

Iraqi Kurdish forces have seized the town of Bashiqa near Mosul from ISIS, an official said Tuesday, as U.S.-backed militia forces advanced on the extremists' Syrian stronghold Raqqa. Capturing Bashiqa would be a final step in securing the eastern approaches to Mosul, three weeks into an...

 The Russian naval group in the Mediterranean, headed by the Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier, is preparing an offensive against rebels on the besieged neighborhoods of Aleppo city, according to reports citing a source in the Defense Ministry. Jets from the Admiral Kuznetsov, the Peter...