
FOREIGN POLICY
Brzezinski: 'Lucky' we didn’t down Russia jet
Zbigniew Brzezinski says Russia would have reacted much more strongly if its plane was shot down by the US.

Zbigniew Brzezinski says Russia would have reacted much more strongly if its plane was shot down by the US.

Nearly half of Germans are opposed to the re-election of Chancellor Angela Merkel, a poll shows.

Scuffles erupt between police and people protesting against the activities of an anti-refugee far-right party in Germany.

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias will visit Iran for talks on improving relations.

Five people are killed in a double bomb blast in the restive far north of Cameroon near the Nigerian border.

The US Navy will soon face a crisis as it has too few ships and tired sailors, leaving the Pentagon with no easy choices, a new study shows.

Turkey arrests two generals and a colonel over their role in intercepting a number of Syria-bound trucks carrying arms.

The US Congress has passed a law that allows American firms to freely exploit extraterrestrial natural resources.

The main Chicago police union is standing behind the white officer who was charged this week with murder for killing an African-American teenager.

At least nine people have died in heavy floods as freezing rain and flooding pummeled the US states of Texas, Kansas and Oklahoma.

A human rights group says Saudi Arabia plans to execute over 50 people in one day.

Israel detained some 2,400 Palestinians, half of them children, since October, says a Palestinian organization.

The gunman accused of carrying out a deadly five-hour siege at a medical clinic in Colorado has been described as a loner with few political or religious leanings.

The pilot of Russian fighter jet downed by Turkey was saved during a joint operation supervised by a senior Iranian commander, a Syrian officer says.

Italy says “unregulated” mosques and worship centers will be closed as part of an anti-terror plan.

Protesters gather in London and Madrid against their governments’ possible intervention in Syria.

Donald Trump now says that Muslims across the world celebrated the fall of the Twin Towers on September 11, 2001.

French opposition lawmakers say Paris must change its foreign diplomacy toward Syria.