The United Nations worked quickly on Monday to salvage fragile international bids to broker peace in Syria and Yemen from a spillover of tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran after Riyadh's decision to cut off ties with Tehran. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday told...

Real Madrid sacked coach Rafael Benitez after just seven months in charge on Monday with club legend Zinedine Zidane replacing the Spaniard. "We have taken the difficult decision to rescind the contract of Rafael Benitez as coach," said Madrid president Florentino Perez. "The...

Iran's supreme leader said Monday the United States was seeking to influence next month's elections in the Islamic republic but said such efforts would receive a "punch in the mouth." Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's comments related to parliamentary polls and a ballot for the Assembly of Experts, a...

(Reuters)- Bahraini police Monday fired tear gas and birdshot at protesters demonstrating against the execution of a top Shiite cleric in neighboring Saudi Arabia, witnesses said. The standoff in the village of al-Daih, west of the capital Manama, was the latest of several protests...