U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said he had a "very good talk" with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping regarding the trade deal between the two nations.   "Had a very good talk with President Xi of China concerning our giant Trade Deal," said Trump on Twitter, adding that...

A group of independent UN rights experts strongly criticised Tehran Friday, warning thousands could still be detained after a deadly crackdown on mass protests last month and voicing alarm at reports that inmates have been tortured. The UN expert on the rights situation in Iran, along with...

Russia has been working to establish a new military force in the Kurdish-majority, northeastern part of Syria with the aim to deploy those troops and hardware to areas along the Syria-Turkey border, local sources told VOA. The military force reportedly would replace a U.S.-backed,...

Russian media on Friday identified the man who opened fire near the headquarters of the security service in central Moscow, killing one and wounding five, as a 39-year-old from a nearby town. There has been no official confirmation of the identity of the attacker shot by security forces...