
The UN Syria envoy closed the latest round of sputtering peace talks Friday insisting “incremental progress” was made, driving hope that face-to-face negotiations between armed opposition and the Damascus regime may soon be possible. United Nations mediator Staffan de Mistura told reporters in Geneva that he planned to convene an ...

New images of North Korea’s main nuclear facility show that the communist regime has apparently produced more plutonium for its weapons program than previously thought, a US monitor said, as tensions soar over Pyongyang’s ambitions. The respected 38 North website, a monitoring project linked to Johns Hopkins university, said Friday ...