Washington Post : Biden makes unannounced trip to Iraq, his first since 2011 BAGHDAD — Vice President Biden arrived here Thursday at a moment of intense political turmoil for Iraq and its prime mini…
© Sputnik/ Vitaliy Ankov Sputnik: Bear and Dragon: Russia, China to Intensify Joint Military Drills in 2016 Russia and China will hold "many more" military drills in 2016 than last year. M…
Chinese President Xi Jinping shakes hands with guests after delivering a speech at the opening ceremony of the fifth regular foreign ministers' meeting of the Conference on Interaction and Confid…
Cultivating a field in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). Photo: FAO DW : UN FAO reports drop in North Korea food production North Korea's food production has fallen, the UN report…
CNN: North Korea launches missile; test fails (CNN)North Korea fired a mid-range "Musudan" missile but it "seems to have failed," a South Korean Defense Ministry official says. T…
NYT: U.N. Envoy Prods U.S. and Russia to ‘Revitalize’ Syria Cease-Fire GENEVA — The United Nations special envoy for Syria closed two weeks of talks with warring parties on Thursday without setting …
Reuters: Air strikes hit Aleppo hospital, at least 27 killed: Observatory Air strikes hit a hospital in a rebel-held area of Syria's Aleppo and killed at least 27 people, including three children…