A Russian journalist reported murdered a day earlier appeared at a press conference in Ukraine Wednesday, with a tale to tell. "I'm still alive, keep dreaming," Arkady Babchenko said entering the venue for the press conference, showing that despite reports, he had not been shot to death in...

The U.S. on Wednesday issued further sanctions on Iranian entities as well as a conservative semi-official organization for alleged "rights abuses". The Treasury Department described Ansar-e Hezbollah, the designated semi-official organization, as "an organization supported by the...

Following elections, Iraq must move quickly to form a government that can overcome sectarian divisions and push ahead with badly-needed reforms, the U.N. envoy said Wednesday. An alliance led by nationalist cleric Moqtada Sadr won the biggest share of seats in parliamentary elections on...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his U.S. counterpart Mike Pompeo spoke by phone Wednesday and discussed the conflicts in Syria and Ukraine, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement. Lavrov and Pompeo agreed on the need to overcome differences in relations between...