First round of trilateral meetings shows ‘a lot of progress’ made towards peace, says US official, despite new Russian attacks. What we know on day 1,432 ...

Third and final phase of voting taking place on Sunday in village just days after military airstrike killed 21 people ...

Winter storm system brings emergency declarations as snow and ice create unsafe driving conditions and power shortages. This blog is now closed.

Russia launched a major drone and missile attack targeting Ukraine’s two largest cities, Kyiv and Kharkiv, early on Saturday, as US, Ukrainian and Russian negotiators met in the United Arab Emirates ...

Kyiv says Moscow used 396 drones and missiles in ‘another night of Russian terror’ on second day of talks in UAE ...

Many of those moved into an asylum return centre have held jobs for years and can speak the language ...

The Syrian government has taken control of several prison camps holding IS suspects in the north-east of the country.

Ceasefire to be extended for one month to allow transfer of suspected Islamic State members from Syria to Iraq ...

The native of Thunder Bay, Canada, has been compared to Pablo Escobar and El Chapo – but is he really as big a figure as US prosecutors have claimed?

Ukraine’s foreign minister accuses Vladimir Putin of sabotaging peace talks ...

Thousands of Palestinian cancer patients are living without treatment as they await medical evacuation ...