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The U.N. envoy to Syria says the hope is Thursday’s ceasefire agreement will allow aid to get through to all besieged areas.

The cartel may be getting close to a consensus on how to halt the long slide in crude oil prices, Nigeria’s oil minister says.

Both France and the U.S. have called on Turkey to cease its targeting of the Kurdish fighters in Syria.

The agreement came two days after major powers agreed on Friday to a temporary “cessation of hostilities” in Syria.

The Syrian army, on Saturday, regained control of al-Tamoura town and several surrounding hills located in Aleppo’s northern suburbs.

Jeb Bush at Saturday night's GOP debate in South Carolina said he's fed up with what he sees as Donald Trump's uninformed opinions on serious issues.

The French energy giant Total will soon receive its first delivery of 2 million barrels of oil as a result of the lifting of sanctions on Iran.

Cuba returned the dummy Hellfire missile after its manufacturer mistakenly shipped it to the island in 2014.

The latest State Department disclosures, some appearing to contain classified information, arrived shortly before Nevada's caucus and South Carolina's primary.

Saudi Arabia resumed its participation in airstrikes against ISIS in recent weeks, while the U.S. has welcomed its commitment to expand its role.

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev says sanctions on Moscow and military activities close to the Russian border “only aggravate” tensions between the two sides.

French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said Russian airstrikes should stop targeting civilians in Syria to help achieve peace in the country.

The deployment comes ahead of talks next week to set up an even more sophisticated U.S. missile defense system in South Korea.

The meeting between the Roman Catholic pope and the Russian Orthodox patriarch was a historic moment in the 1,000-year-long Great Schism dividing Christianity.

Comments hinting at production cuts by major international oil suppliers sent the price of crude soaring Friday.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Russia will not halt airstrikes because the plan does not apply to terrorist outfits in Syria.

A ceasefire in the Syrian Civil War was announced by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in Munich Friday.

The "cessation of hostilities," set to begin within a week, will also include airdrops to civilians affected by the country's civil war, officials said Thursday.

With Saudi and U.S.-backed rebels losing ground in northern Syria, the Saudi kingdom has some difficult decisions to make.

The weight of hundreds of years of history will be felt as Pope Francis and Russia’s Orthodox Patriarch Kirill meet in Cuba amid suggestions the Kremlin may gain politically from the encounter.

Diplomats meeting in Munich Thursday are hoping to revive stalled Syrian peace talks as Russia and the U.S. continue to exchange harsh words.