Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has supported the UN decision to invite Iran to the Geneva 2 peace conference on Syria.
A militant group in Russia’s North Caucasus has threatened to strike the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.
Two teenage schoolboys have left France to fight against the Syrian government and funded the trip using one of their dad's credit cards.
Nearly 400 priests were defrocked by the former Pope Benedict XVI over a two-year period for raping and molesting children, according to a leaked Vatican document.
The head of the world's chemical weapons watchdog agency has voiced concerns about reports by the Syrian government of attacks on two of its chemical facilities.
Russia is not hatching any secret project with Syria and Iran ahead of the peace conference in Switzerland next week, Russian Foreign Minister assured.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his Syrian counterpart Walid al-Muallem have arrived in Russian Federation’s capital city, Moscow.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is considering reviewing reports of Saudi Arabia’s support to terrorist groups in Iraq with the Security Council, media reports say.
Belgian Foreign Minister Didier Reynders has said more than 20 militants, who had left Belgium to fight against the Syrian government, have been killed in Syria so far.
Francois Hollande's security chief is in hot water for failing to properly check out a 'love nest' the French President allegedly used for trysts with actress Julie Gayet, Le Monde newspaper reports.