UN health officials on Friday hailed progress in the Ebola response six months after the outbreak first prompted global concerns, but cautioned that the…
Attention will focus next week ‌on a summit of US, Chinese and Russian leaders set for the 21-member gathering of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation …
Japan said Friday that Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi would visit China next week for the first time since she took office last year, attending an Asia-Pacific…
European nations are seeking an envoy to represent them in talks on ending the Russia-Ukraine war, concerned that a US-backed process will leave them sidelined…
UK embassy staff in Iran have been temporarily withdrawn from the country due to the current "security situation", the Foreign Office said Friday. The…
Secretary of State Marco Rubio will make a quick trip to Israel early next week, the State Department said, as tensions between the United States and Iran…
Iran has not allowed the United Nations nuclear agency access to its nuclear facilities bombed by Iran and the United States during a 12-day war in June,…
Afghanistan's Taliban rulers said on Friday they were willing to negotiate after Pakistan bombed its forces in major cities and dozens of troops were killed in…
Afghans who recently returned from Pakistan and residents near a key crossing expressed their fears of deadly border clashes on Friday, as smoke billowed from…
China told its citizens on Friday to evacuate from Iran "as soon as possible", and those in Israel to strengthen preparedness, citing a significant rise in…
American sympathies in the Middle East have shifted dramatically toward the Palestinians, according to new Gallup polling, after decades of overwhelming…
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney landed in India on Friday where he hopes to reset ties and double trade, offsetting the damage from his country's…
Jailed Kurdistan Workers Party leader Abdullah Ocalan said on Friday that peace-related laws were needed for a transition to democratic integration in Türkiye,…
The United States has authorized the departure of some embassy personnel and their families from Israel due ‌to safety ‌risks, the ‌US embassy…
A Russian drone killed two people in a home in eastern Ukraine overnight in an area where Moscow's forces are pushing to capture more territory, local…
The UN rights chief voiced alarm Friday at the normalization of the use of force to resolve disputes, warning that conflicts create "a human rights wasteland.”…
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani met President Donald Trump on Thursday to urge him to release $21 billion in federal grants to build 12,000 affordable housing…
Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Friday that in order to reach a deal, the United States will have to drop its "excessive demands", after the two…
The Philippine, US and Japanese militaries conducted joint exercises this week over the Bashi Channel that separates the Philippines from Taiwan, officials…
The US State Department said Thursday that it would pay up to $10 million for information leading to the arrests or convictions of two brothers identified as…
US President Donald Trump’s claim that Iran will soon have a missile that can hit the United States is not backed by US intelligence reports, and appears to be…
Melania Trump will preside over a UN Security Council meeting next week, her office has announced, in the first such appearance by a US first lady. "First…
Pakistan bombed Taliban government targets in Afghanistan's major cities overnight, officials from both countries said on Friday, with Pakistan's defense…
Cuba’s deputy foreign minister said Thursday that the island’s government is communicating with US officials following the fatal shooting of a US boat in Cuban…
The United States and Iran made progress in talks over Tehran's nuclear program on Thursday, mediator Oman said, but hours of negotiation ended with no sign of…
World Economic Forum head Børge Brende said Thursday that he is stepping down after facing pressure over his contacts with the late US sex offender Jeffrey…
The US Treasury Department proposed a rule on Thursday that, if finalized, would sever MBaer Merchant Bank AG's access to the US financial system on the…
President Miguel Diaz-Canel said on Thursday that Cuba will defend itself against "terrorist and mercenary aggression," a day after Havana said it had killed…