The United Nations announced Monday the long-awaited creation of a constitution-writing committee on Syria that will include the government and opposition, but it remained to be seen if the step could finally end the civil war.UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres hailed the committee as the first step toward finding a political settlement to the conflict, which has killed hundreds of thousands of people in more than eight years of fighting.
US President Donald Trump (R) and Polish President Andrzej Duda signed a deal increasing number of American troops in the latter's country
IAAF President Sebastian Coe (C) said his body's anti-doping taskforce had given the "strongest recommendation we've probably had" that Russia should remain suspended from the sport of athletics
Russia, one of the world's key energy producers and largest polluters, says it will adopt the 2015 Paris climate agreement
United Nations Special Envoy to Syria Geir Pedersen will bring Syria's new constitutional committee together, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said
UN special envoy to Syria Geir Pedersen speaks to journalists in the Syrian capital Damascus on September 22, 2019
Russian athletes face fresh sanctions in the build-up to the Tokyo Olympics after the World Anti-Doping Agency found new inconsistencies in data provided by the country
The meeting between Pompeo and Lavrov will come after the US and Russia scrapped their 1987 INF disarmament treaty that limited the use of nuclear and conventional medium-range weapons
US President Donald Trump said he had a "very honest" conversation with Ukraine's leader about alleged corruption involving Joe Biden and Biden's son Hunter
United Nations special envoy to Syria Geir Pedersen speaks to journalists upon his arrival in the Syrian capital Damascus on September 22, 2019. Pedersen is set to meet with Syria's Foreign Minister Walid Muallem tomorrow for fresh talks on forming a committee tasked with drafting a new constitution for the war-ravaged country.
President says complaint filed about his conversation with an unnamed foreign leader was "highly partisan."
The Cup is being held outside the sport's traditional strongholds for the first time in a bid to expand rugby's fanbase
The hosts overcame a nervous start to run out winners
The 140 million-euro mission will study the atmosphere, ocean, sea ice, ecosystem and natural processes
Most Russians identify themselves as members of the Orthodox church
NASA was able to capture a photo of the zebra stripe-like pattern of the rock and sand layers in one of Mars’ craters. According to the space agency, the unusual formation in the crater was formed billions of years ago.
NASA has spotted an asteroid that is currently flying towards Earth. Based on the size of the asteroid, it will most likely explode mid-air and cause a huge fireball if it enters Earth’s atmosphere.
People walk near heavily damaged buildings in the rebel-held city of Idlib in northwestern Syria on September 16, 2019
Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA) at the Capitol before a committee meeting with Acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire to discus a whistleblower complaint
People walk near heavily damaged buildings in the rebel-held city of Idlib in northwestern Syria on September 16, 2019
Trump had contact with five foreign leaders in the weeks leading up to an Aug. 12 whistleblower complaint, including Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The shaman's simply expressed statements about Putin captured public attention