
Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin discussed steps to ease Syria’s war and a possible first face-to-face meeting, during what the White House described as a “very good call” Tuesday. The US and Russian leaders spoke by telephone, focusing on the six-year-old Syrian conflict. “President Trump and President Putin agreed that ...

An Egyptian militant group said Tuesday it had carried out an attack on an Egyptian police convoy in Cairo that killed three officers and wounded five. The interior ministry said “armed elements riding in two vehicles” had approached a moving convoy near the main ring road around Cairo at around ...