
The Kremlin said on Monday that terrorists were holding civilians in Eastern Ghouta hostages, noting that President Vladimir Putin discussed the humanitarian situation in that area with his counterparts from France and Germany. Commenting on the reports of the use of chemical weapons in East Ghouta, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov ...

South Korean President Moon Jae-in urged the United States to “lower the threshold for talks” with the North on Monday as his aides held rare talks with a Pyongyang general on ways to defuse tensions. Moon has sought to use the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics that ended on Sunday to open ...