Nine countries are known to have nuclear weapons, but it is the US and Russia that still account for almost 90 percent of the ...

A high-ranking member of the Islamic State militant group in Syria has been charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity in Germany, partly for alleged involvement in the genocide against the ...

The new interim Syrian government says it will hunt down and punish senior security officials and others, but concern is ...

Senator Marco Rubio, who is nominated for secretary of state, has a long history of personal and policy differences with ...

The Kremlin and now-exiled Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad in 2017 agreed Russia should have long-term access to Tartus naval ...

Allies of the president-elect can expect intense questioning when Senate confirmation hearings begin this week.

President Joe Biden gave a farewell address at the State Department in Washington, D.C., as he prepares to leave office.

President Joe Biden on Monday defended his foreign policy achievements in office, offering his own first draft of history on ...

From Syria to Libya to Georgia, Putin's grip on his global empire is loosening. Thus far only Turkey and Israel benefit. Will ...

An agreement on a 'comprehensive strategic partnership' between Iran and Russia will be signed when Iran's president visits ...

Environmental activists in the U.K. painted Charles Darwin’s grave in Westminster Abbey on Monday with the words '1.5 is dead ...

A controversial aid leader receives a presidential medal; concerns are raised over the targeting of MacKenzie Scott; and ...