Islamist militants Friday ambushed a bus carrying Christian pilgrims on their way to a remote desert monastery south of the Egyptian capital, Cairo, killing at least seven and wounding 12, the Interior Ministry said. Coptic Orthodox Church spokesman Bouls Halim said the death toll in...

The United States said Friday it will temporarily allow eight jurisdictions to keep importing Iranian oil when U.S. sanctions come back into force Monday, sparing them for now from the threat of U.S. economic penalties. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who announced the decision in...

Greek authorities say they have broken a criminal organization that smuggled migrants from Greece to Italy by yacht, and have arrested eight suspected members. A coast guard statement says the ring had been about to smuggle 119 people to Italy on the yacht when they were arrested early...

The Arab coalition fighting in Yemen said it attacked Sanaa International Airport and an adjoining airbase being used by Houthi insurgents, as the two warring sides also clashed further west in the country's main port city. The violence broke out days after renewed U.S. calls for a...