A senior North Korean official warned Thursday that the United States must decide whether it wants dialogue or a nuclear war.  Vice Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui's ultimatum was carried by the North's state-run KCNA news agency and came as both Pyongyang and Washington officials...

Having failed to persuade U.S. President Donald Trump to stay in the Iran nuclear accord, French President Emmanuel Macron is reaching out to Russian President Vladimir Putin. Macron heads to St. Petersburg on Thursday amid deep differences with Putin over Syria, Ukraine and alleged...

Saudi air defenses Thursday intercepted a ballistic missile over the southern city of Jizan after it was fired from rebel-held territory in neighboring Yemen, an Arab-led military coalition said. Debris from the missile landed in residential areas of Jizan without causing casualties,...

Israel's defense minister said on Thursday he plans to seek approval next week for the construction of some 2,500 new homes in Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank. Avigdor Lieberman, writing on Twitter, said a regional planning board would be asked to designate 1,400 of the...