Russian state watchdog Roskomnadzor said on Friday it asked Facebook and Google to ban the publication of political advertising during elections on Sunday and on the preceding day, in line with Russian law. Russia will hold several regional elections on Sunday, including in Moscow....

U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Friday that it appeared Iran was inching toward a place where talks could be held, days after U.S. President Donald Trump left the door open to a possible meeting with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani at the upcoming U.N. General Assembly in New York....

Unidentified attackers killed two aid workers who were returning from a refugee camp in a western Ethiopia region that shares a border with South Sudan, their aid group and a U.N. organization said. The attack happened Thursday in Gambella region, which shares a porous frontier with...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Friday the rights and freedoms of people in Hong Kong "must be guaranteed" after meeting with Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang in Beijing, her spokesperson said. In a tweet, spokesperson Steffen Seibert quoted Merkel as saying: "The rights and...