Sanctions against Iran were officially extended for another decade Thursday, even though President Obama did not sign the legislation, a symbolic move intended to show the White House’s disapproval of the bill. The sanctions renewal, which passed Congress with enough votes to be...

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry accused the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad of carrying out "nothing short of a massacre" in Aleppo, where thousands were evacuated on Thursday from the last rebel bastion in a city besieged for years. Kerry, speaking at a news briefing, said...

Pollsters hoping to avoid further election shocks are trying to improve the quality of their data ahead of the 2017 French presidential election, by asking questions differently and fine-tuning their collection methods. Opinion polls have come under scrutiny after the unexpected election of...

Turkish and Russian premiers spoke over the phone about the situation in the Syrian city of Aleppo late Thursday, according to a Turkish Prime Ministry source. Binali Yildirim called on his counterpart Dmitry Medvedev to use Russia’s "influence" on its stakeholders in Aleppo, the source,...