Washington buzzed with new questions Friday after ousted FBI director James Comey accused President Donald Trump of lies and defamation, in gripping testimony that undermined an already troubled White House. During almost three hours of extraordinarily frank statements before a Senate...

 A suicide bomber detonated his explosive belt in a market east of the Shi'ite holy city of Kerbala Friday, killing at least 20 and wounding 25, Iraqi security sources said. Islamic State claimed the attack in the town of Musayab, in a statement on its Amaq news agency. Read...

Iranian authorities have arrested two suspects linked to attacks in Tehran this week that killed 17 people, Iranian media reported on Friday. "Two suspects with links to the terrorist raids in Tehran on Wednesday have been arrested in (the western Iranian province of) Kermanshah," state TV...

A man armed with a knife is holding employees hostage at a job center in Newcastle in northeast England, police said Friday. "Specialist negotiators are at the scene," Northumbria Police said in a statement, adding that there were no reports of injuries. Police said student accommodation...