The U.S. is imposing fresh Iran-related sanctions on Chinese nationals and entities, the Treasury Department announced Wednesday.   The economic penalties will hit COSCO Shipping Tanker Co. and COSCO Shipping Tanker Seaman & Ship Management Co. over their alleged transport of...

U.S. President Donald Trump pressured Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden during a telephone call, a rough transcript released by the White House Wednesday confirms.  Trump asked Zelensky during a July 25 conversation to get in touch...

Yemen's Huthi rebels said Wednesday their offer to halt all attacks on Saudi Arabia still stands despite new air strikes allegedly launched by a Arab-led coalition fighting the insurgents. Twenty-two civilians, including children, were killed in air raids earlier this week in Dhale and...

Afghanistan's Taliban insurgency has lifted a ban on World Health Organization activities in areas the militants control, a spokesperson for the Islamist group said, reversing a stance that had been complicating efforts to eradicate polio. The Taliban had in April banned the WHO and...