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The Syrian government said it would halt “combat operations” but will continue its fight against terrorist organizations in the war-torn country.

The two-year-old 'Minsk' ceasefire agreement has failed to stem violence between government troops and pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine.

An accord announced by the U.S. and Russia was unclear on future military operations in Syria, or who would track compliance with the deal.

The U.S. remains the world’s biggest exporter of major weapons systems as Russia tries to catch up.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry had previously said he didn't think the truce, which was tentatively agreed upon Sunday, would start soon.

Syria's opposition was set to meet Monday in Saudi Arabia to discuss a ceasefire, but will recent ISIS violence derail those efforts?

The agreement is expected to bolster military relations between both countries as both mull over the possibility of ground operations in Syria.

The European Union Chamber of Commerce in China says attempts to tackle overcapacity are often undermined by local protectionism.

The news comes as U.S. intelligence and military officials reportedly warned that such surveillance activities might help Moscow collect intelligence.

A split in the U.K.’s ruling Conservative Party over a possible Brexit rattled currency markets.

Despite the recent discussion of a crude production freeze, oil prices remain at very low levels around the world.

As the Russian Ministry of Justice begins dissolving nongovernmental organizations, human rights defenders who continue their work are left in precarious positions.

Kerry said Sunday that he anticipated Obama and Putin would soon complete the provisional agreement in principle.

At least 46 people were killed Sunday in one of the deadliest such attacks in the central Syrian city of Homs in five years of civil war, a monitoring group said.

President Bashar Assad said Turkey must be barred from sending logistical support to insurgents.

Crowds on Saturday ransacked the offices of Sberbank and Alfa Bank in Kiev as well as the office of Ukrainian oligarch Rinat Akhmetov.

The U.S. secretary of state will meet with the king of Jordan and the Palestinian leader amid Syrian war and increased violence in Israel and the West Bank.

Tension is growing between Ankara and Washington over the latter's support of the Kurdish Workers Party, which Turkey sees as terrorists.

In addition to an end to Russian airstrikes, the opposition wants vulnerable prisoners, including women and children, to be released, a source said.

As Turkey intensified its cross-border shelling, Russia proposed a U.N. resolution calling for plans for ground invasions to be abandoned.

An Amnesty International report condemns Turkey’s border closure and documents cases of the country’s soldiers shooting civilians, including children.