British Prime Minister Theresa May was battling Friday to stave off another defeat for her Brexit divorce deal, imploring the European Union to make concessions to help her win approval from Parliament. In a speech just three weeks before Britain is due to leave the EU, May planned to tell...

The Taliban denied on Friday that they were discussing a ceasefire and dialogue with the Kabul government during ongoing talks with the US in Doha, contrary to statements from Washington. "This phase is about fleshing out the details of the two issues... the withdrawal of all occupying...

An academic and former head of a research institute was Friday appointed as Seoul's new unification minister, the South's key point of contact on inter-Korean affairs. The appointment of Kim Yeon-chul comes days after the US and North Korea held a second much-anticipated summit in Vietnam,...

Thousands of young ultra-Orthodox Jews mobbed women seeking equal prayer rights at one of Judaism's holiest sites on Friday, leading police to escort them away from Jerusalem's Western Wall. The Women of the Wall group has for 30 years been demanding changes to rules at the site barring...