Jordan’s King Abdullah II on Wednesday designated Yousef Huneiti as the new chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Armed Forces, the state-run media reported.  Maj. Gen. Huneiti -- former commander of Royal Jordanian Air Force -- replaced Lit. Gen. Mahmoud Friehat with a Royal...

A recent UN report on Venezuela paints a devastating portrait of the country’s economic, social, and political situation, but overlooks the U.S. role in the suffering, said an American expert. According to Gabriel Hetland of University at Albany, the UN report, released earlier in July,...

The top military adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday that Tehran would not negotiate with the United States under any circumstances, an apparent hardening of its position as the Gulf tanker crisis escalates. The Swedish operator of a British-flagged...

Sri Lanka's Easter attacks that killed 258 people were carried out by local Islamists who drew inspiration from but were not linked to the Islamic State group, a top investigator said Wednesday. Ravi Seneviratne, the head of the Criminal Investigations Department, said the suicide bombers...