Moscow's Lefortovo court rules that Varvara Karaulova be detained behind bars until December 23

Operations were conducted over the provinces of Idlib, Homs, Hama, Aleppo, Damascus and Latakia

Suspended FIFA president claims a deal was in place to award Russia 2018 World Cup, and the USA 2022 edition

Abbas called on the UN 'more urgently than any time before' for immediate and urgent protection of Palestinian people

With temperatures already plummeting as winter fast approaches, there is no time to delay

Assad said terrorism was 'the main cause of the suffering of the Syrian people'

Endless procession has overwhelmed nations along migrant trail through Balkans prompting Hungary to seal its borders

Bidhya Bhandari, the vice-chair of the ruling Communist Party of Nepal replaces Ram Baran Yadav

Mohammad Javad Zarif will join international talks this week aimed at ending the four-year conflict

The kidnappers had demanded a ransom of US$9 million to be paid in virtual currency bitcoins