A U.N.-led team tasked with monitoring a ceasefire in Yemen's flashpoint city of Hodeida was set to meet Wednesday, as sporadic clashes underscored the fragility of the truce which began last week. The ceasefire in the rebel-held city, whose Red Sea port is vital for millions at risk of...

Private buyers of Iranian crude have had "no problems" exporting it, Iran's oil minister was quoted as saying Wednesday by state news agency IRNA, despite U.S. sanctions targeting Iran's oil exports. Iran began selling crude oil to private companies for export in late October, just...

Iran has held talks with the Afghan Taliban, one of the country's top security officials said, the Tasnim news agency reported Wednesday. "The Afghan government has been informed of the communications and talks carried out with the Taliban, and this process will continue," said Ali...

U.S. Customs and Border Protection ordered medical checks on every child in its custody Tuesday after an 8-year-old boy from Guatemala died, marking the second death of an immigrant child in the agency’s care this month. The death came during an ongoing dispute over border security...