The operation ended a weeklong assault by the extremists on one of the largest detention facilities in the country.   US-backed Kurdish-led forces said they...

Russia has demanded guarantees that Nato will never admit Ukraine and other ex-Soviet nations as members. Russia has warned it would quickly take “retaliatory measures”...

The UK has accused President Putin of plotting to install a pro-Moscow figure to lead Ukraine's government. The Foreign Office took the unusual step of...

A panel of UN human rights experts said there have been a series of restrictive measures that target women since the militant group's takeover of...

The UK government made the claim based on an intelligence assessment, without providing evidence to back it up. Russia’s Foreign Ministry on Sunday rejected a...