European powers denounced Iran’s threat to resume nuclear work on Thursday but vowed to save a landmark deal with Tehran despite US pressure. Iran said it would defy some limits it had accepted under the 2015 agreement, and threatened to go further if Europe, China and Russia fail to...

Algerian lawmakers on Thursday boycotted a parliamentary session that was called to confirm six new cabinet members, according to local media reports. The MPs reportedly boycotted the session to show solidarity with ongoing popular protests calling for the dismissal of all government...

Scores of Jewish settlers on Thursday forced their way into Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque compound to mark Israel’s “Independence Day”, according to a Palestinian official.  “Since Thursday morning, over 130 Jewish extremists have entered the compound to mark the 71st...

North Korea fired two “short-range missiles” Thursday for the second time in less than a week, South Korean media reported. South Korean Joint Chief of Staff (JCS) said Pyongyang launched “projectiles” from the northwestern area of Kusong in an easterly direction into the East Sea,...