The Russian president apologises over the downing of an Azerbaijani plane in Russian airspace - without directly taking blame. Also: chess champion walks out of tournament over jeans row.

Authorities arrested the wife and daughter of a cousin of former Syrian dictator Bashar Assad at Beirut’s airport on Dec. 27 as they attempted to leave using fake passports, the Associated Press ...

Putin apologises over Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash – but refuses to admit fault - The US says North Korean troops are ...

The director of the last operating hospital in the northern Gaza Strip has been arrested by Israel Defense Forces after ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin apologized for the deadly Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243 crash on Christmas but did not ...

From the largest war in Europe since World War II continuing in Ukraine to a series of escalations upending the Middle East, ...

Risk of all-out war may not be imminent, but MPs and defence insiders have urged the Government to bolster military ...

Rosoboronexport clarified that the priority of the defense industry sector today is to meet the needs of the Russian armed forces ...

Israel "does not need this territory, as the Israelis have already taken the Golan Heights," Vitaly Naumkin said ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Russia’s intelligence agency on Saturday accused the United States and the United Kingdom of ...

President-elect Donald Trump will soon inherit an array of conflicts in Asia, Africa, Europe and even North America.