U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis visited Israel Friday for talks expected to focus on Iran, Syria and the two countries' close strategic relations despite recent tensions with Barack Obama's administration. Mattis held talks with Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman Friday morning, to be...

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence announced $10 billion in deals between American and Indonesian companies during a visit to Jakarta Friday, as he pushed for greater access to Southeast Asia's top economy. Eleven deals were signed. Energy firm Exxon Mobil, General Electric, and aerospace giant...

One policeman was killed and another wounded in a shooting incident in central Paris on Thursday night, a police source said. The person who fired on police on the Champs-Elysees, one of the world's most prestigious boulevards, has been killed, the source said. Police authorities called...

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and hardline rival Ebrahim Raisi were both approved to run in May's presidential election by a government vetting body, while former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was disqualified, state media reported on Thursday. The approval of Rouhani, a moderate, and...