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U.S. officials are voicing skepticism about Russian President Vladimir Putin's announcement of a partial withdrawal of Russian troops from Syria, in particular saying that his declaration of victory against the Islamic State extremist group seems premature.
The international airport in the Kazakh capital, Astana, was renamed this year in honor of the president, Nursultan Nazarbaev, who has led the country for nearly three decades.
France's foreign minister has accused Iran of trying to create an "axis" of military and political influence stretching from Tehran through Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon to the Mediterranean Sea.
The UN Special Representative for the naming dispute between Greece and Macedonia, Matthew Nimetz, said on December 12 that the issue "can and should be resolved" next year after the parties met for the first time in three years in Brussels.
NATO allies have extended Jens Stoltenberg's term as chief of the Western alliance until September 30, 2020.
The Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) has given its blessing for the country’s athletes to compete in the upcoming Winter Olympics despite a ban on Russia over doping violations.
Russia's envoy for Syria peacemaking efforts says that President Bashar al-Assad should be allowed to run for reelection, a stance that runs counter to Western governments that say he should have no place in politics after a postwar political transition.
Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) says it has uncovered an extremist "cell" that was directed by the militant group Islamic State (IS) and was planning terror attacks in Moscow during the New Year's holidays and the upcoming presidential campaign.
NATO says a U.S. soldiers has died as a result of injuries sustained during a "vehicle incident" in eastern Afghanistan.
NATO says a U.S. soldier has died as a result of injuries sustained during a "vehicle incident" in eastern Afghanistan.
World economic growth rose this year to 3 percent, the strongest rate since 2011, aided by recoveries from recession in Russia, Brazil, Argentina, and NIgeria, the United Nations has estimated.
Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan was among the targets of an investigation in Turkey of bribery and money laundering in connection with a scheme to help Iran evade sanctions, a former Istanbul police officer has testified.
A top Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) commander has offered Iran's "complete support" for Palestinian militants in their resistance campaign against U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital.
The U.S. judge overseeing the criminal case against President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman has scolded him for working to write opinion articles for publication in foreign newspapers.
With Russia's ban from the next Winter Olympics, the world's second-best hockey league is threatening to keep players from competing.
Several thousand people have attended a ceremony in Zagreb to honor convicted Bosnian Croat war criminal Slobodan Praljak, who died of cyanide poisoning last month.
A group of prominent Russian athletes and sports officials says that would-be Russian Olympians are ready to take part in the upcoming Winter Games in South Korea as neutrals.
Stickers insulting the late Russian writer Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn appeared on a Moscow street named after the Nobel Prize-winning author a day before the unveiling of a plaque honoring his memory.
Twenty-five European Union member states have taken the formal decision to establish a new defense and security cooperation network.
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