U.S. senators made a new try at ending a partial month-long government shutdown through a temporary funding bill on Thursday, but President Donald Trump demanded a "down payment" for a border wall that Democrats reject. After the Republican-led Senate failed to advance two measures to...

A Turkish court on Friday ordered the supervised release of a detained lawmaker from the pro-Kurdish People's Democratic Party (HDP) who is seriously ill as a result of her 11-week hunger strike. Leyla Guven, 55, launched a hunger strike on November 8 in protest at the prison conditions for...

At least 16 members of a single family have been killed in an airstrike by U.S. forces in Afghanistan's restive Helmand province, officials and local media confirmed late Thursday. Helmand Governor Mohammad Yasin Khan has condemned the strike and has called for an investigation....

The United States has not asked for a specific price for the upkeep of its troops in South Korea, President Moon Jae-in said Friday.  Such reports are a "disregard for any leader in the world", a statement issued by the South Korean Presidency quoted Moon as saying.  Reports...