Syria: Court charges Bashar Assad's cousin Atef Najib with war crimes amid 2011 uprising

Bryan Clark is a senior fellow and director of the Centre for Defence Concepts and Technology at the Hudson Institute.

Iran may negotiate on nuclear facilities, but it 'won't destroy uranium or allow it to be moved'

US president says Washington has the nuclear material in Iran 'surveilled' and will 'blow up' anyone who gets near it.

Former German chancellor Gerhard Schröder is a controversial — and some critics would even say, unserious — choice as a negotiator on the Ukraine war. He's long been criticized for being too close to Russia.