Ukraine's parliament voted Monday to impose martial law in parts of the country to fight what its president called "growing aggression" from Moscow after a weekend naval confrontation off the…

President Xi Jinping left Beijing Tuesday for state visits to Spain, Argentina, Panama and Portugal, and the 13th Group of 20 (G20) summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Xi was invited…

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Monday ordered a government reshuffle by changing nine ministers, state news agency SANA reported. The nine ministers of water resources, internal trade, the interior ministry,…

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Monday called on Russia to release the Ukrainian sailors who were detained during the latest confrontation in the Sea of Azov. "I appeal to the…

The Russian Foreign Ministry on Monday strongly protested against what it called "a gross violation of the rules of peaceful passage" by the Ukrainian Navy in the Sea of Azov.…

China has launched work on building its third aircraft carrier, Xinhua News Agency reported on Sunday. In an article published on its WeChat account, Xinhua said that as the nation's…

The scientific community is buzzing amid claims by a Chinese researcher that his team has been able to genetically-enhance a pair of newborn twin girls with a genetic resistance to…

The Ukrainian armed forces were put on full combat alert over the situation in the Sea of Azov, the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces said Monday in a…