Iran launched a naval exercise in the Arabian Gulf on Thursday, just days before the U.S. reimposes sanctions on Tehran, a defense official told AFP. The timing of the exercise is unusual, as it appears to be similar in scale and nature to a drill that ordinarily happens later in the...

Zimbabwe's ruling party signaled victory in the presidential election Thursday, telling the opposition a day after deadly violence that "we should all lose graciously," while an anxious country awaited the results, which the electoral commission said would come out "very soon."...

 The Democratic Republic of Congo Thursday flew a team led by Health Minister Oly Ilunga Kalenga to an eastern region hit by Ebola, the country's second outbreak in less than three months, a local official said. The delegation from Kinshasa "arrived in Beni today," the city's...

United States sanctions imposed on Turkey over the trial of an American pastor accused of backing terrorism are unacceptable and will have limited impact on the Turkish economy, Treasury and Finance Minister Berat Albayrak said Thursday. Albayrak said Turkey's priority was to resolve...