More than 50 boxes handed over by North Korea to the United States last week appear to hold human remains from the 1950-1953 Korean War and are likely American, according to an initial forensic analysis, a U.S. official said Wednesday. A U.S. military transport aircraft on Friday flew...

The United Arab Emirates has begun a three-month visa amnesty program, hoping to resolve a Catch-22 for foreign workers who are fined daily for overstaying their permits but prevented from leaving until they pay the penalties. The government isn't releasing specific numbers, but says it...

Senior Iranian officials Tuesday rejected U.S. President Donald Trump’s offer of talks without preconditions as worthless and “a humiliation” after he acted to reimpose sanctions on Tehran following his withdrawal from a landmark nuclear deal. Separately, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani...

Twin wildfires tearing through vineyards and brushy hills threatened some 10,000 homes Tuesday in Northern California – yet another front in the battle against the flames that have ravaged some of the state’s most scenic areas. The two fires straddling Mendocino and Lake counties had burned...