Russian President Vladimir Putin said in televised comments on Tuesday that he did not support a parliamentary call to impose tough economic sanctions on Georgia. The Russian parliament unanimously backed a resolution earlier on Tuesday urging the government to draw up sanctions against...

Lebanon’s tourism minister urged politicians on Tuesday not to wreck the country’s best tourist season in years, after a deadly shooting in a popular mountain region stirred fears of strife. Avedis Guidanian said more tourists came to Lebanon in the first half of this year than in the...

 Some internet users in Sudan were back online Tuesday after a court ordered telecoms companies to end a weeks-long blackout ordered by the authorities to contain political protests. Sudan's military rulers said they sought the internet blackout because of security concerns, after...

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Wednesday Donald Trump's allies had tricked the U.S. president into killing off a 2015 nuclear agreement between Tehran and world powers. Zarif said on Twitter that Trump's national security adviser John Bolton and Israeli Prime Minister...