President Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital has set off an increasingly visible battle in the city's eastern sector - with an emboldened Israel seeking to cement its control over the contested area and Palestinians pushing back to maintain their limited foothold. In...

Iran says it has launched a domestically built destroyer in the Arab Gulf capable of traveling some five months without refueling. State TV reported Saturday that it had taken six years to build the 1,300-ton vessel, named Sahand after a mountain in northern Iran. The Sahand has...

George H.W. Bush, a patrician New Englander whose presidency soared with the coalition victory over Iraq in Kuwait, but then plummeted in the throes of a weak economy that led voters to turn him out of office after a single term, has died. He was 94. The World War II hero, who also presided...

US President Donald Trump reaffirmed Friday in a meeting with his South Korean counterpart Moon Jae-in that he wants a second summit with North Korea's leader, the White House said. Trump and Moon, meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Buenos Aires, "reaffirmed their commitment...