Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urged China Friday to release two Canadian citizens it detained this week, calling their jailings "unacceptable." "They ought to be returned," Pompeo told reporters following a meeting of U.S. and Canadian top diplomats and military officials. "We ask all...

The UN's Yemen envoy called on the Security Council Friday to establish a "robust monitoring regime" to ensure a ceasefire at a vital port. Martin Griffiths told the council that not only is it essential for the mechanism to be set up at Hodaydah "it is also urgently needed."...

Hamas on Friday re-affirmed its commitment to ending its decade-long rift with rival Palestinian faction Fatah. In a statement marking the 31st anniversary of its establishment, Hamas reiterated its call to achieve inter-Palestinian reconciliation “based on [Palestinian] national...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel sought on Friday to assuage concerns in the U.K. about the Brexit deal, stressing that a controversial “backstop” arrangement is intended as an insurance policy, and would be temporary. Speaking to reporters in Brussels, at the end of a two-day EU summit,...

A Palestinian man was shot dead by Israeli forces during clashes in the occupied West Bank Friday, the Palestinian Health Ministry said. The ministry said the man, who it did not immediately name, was shot in the stomach with live ammunition. The incident took place near the...

One of the killers of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was heard saying "I know how to cut" on the audio of the killing Turkey shared with U.S. and European officials, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday. Erdogan also slammed Riyadh for its changing account of how Khashoggi, a...

The NATO-led Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan confirmed on Friday a U.S. service member had died in a non-combat incident With this, the number of foreign troops killed in Afghanistan this year has surged to 17. A statement by the mission in Kabul announced that the U.S....

Yemeni refugees, mostly children who fled their homes due to the country’s ongoing conflict, face the specter of starvation due to a chronic lack of food supplies in refugee camps. An Anadolu Agency reporter on Friday spoke to refugees and medical personnel at the Maarib state hospital...

At least 47 Tuaregs were reportedly killed and scores injured by unidentified attackers in north Mali this week. A group of nine to 12 gunmen have raided the Tassalatine and Tinabaw areas, 60 kilometers (around 37 miles) from Menaka over the past two days, according to the local media...

Iran hailed as a positive step an initial accord reached among Yemen's warring parties to halt fighting for the Houthi-held port city of Hodeida and withdraw their troops, Iranian state TV reported Friday. "Iran welcomes the agreement ... and hopes it will pave the way for the next...

  Having run through his first choices for his chief of staff vacancy without any luck, President Donald Trump is considering his own son-in-law for the job. Jared Kushner, the husband of Trump’s daughter Ivanka and already an official White House adviser, met with Trump Wednesday...

The U.S. Senate delivered a rare double rebuke to President Donald Trump on Saudi Arabia on Thursday, voting to end U.S. military support for the war in Yemen and blame the Saudi crown prince for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The votes were largely symbolic because to become...

The Chinese government warned Thursday that unless Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou facing extradition to the U.S. on suspicion of fraud is let go, there would be “revenge” against Canada. It said that two Canadians have been detained on the grounds of “engaging in activities that endanger...

NATO on Thursday expressed concern over the “heightened tensions” between Russia and Ukraine for a naval confrontation in the Sea of Azov. “We remain concerned by the heightened tensions in and around the Sea of Azov. There can be no justification for Russia's use of military force...

U.S. President Donald Trump denied Thursday directing his long-time personal lawyer to break any laws after Michael Cohen was sentenced to three years behind bars. "He was a lawyer and he is supposed to know the law," Trump said in a series of lengthy morning tweets. "It is called...

Germany on Thursday raised the possibility of giving “additional assurances” to the U.K. on its agreement to withdraw from the European Union. “I don’t think that we can change this withdrawal agreement. But of course one can discuss whether there should be some additional assurances,”...

Iraqi President Barham Salih has received an official invitation from his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan to visit Turkey, according to the Iraqi Presidency on Thursday. In a statement, the Presidency said the invitation was conveyed by Turkish Ambassador to Iraq, Fatih Yildiz...

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah group has called for a “day of rage” on Friday to protest the killing of three Palestinians by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank. “We warn the Israeli army and its settlers from continuing their series of killings and attacks against the...

Yemen’s warring parties have reached an agreement on cease-fire in the port city of Hudaydah, the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres confirmed on Thursday. Guterres said that the agreement covered the deployment of the neutral forces, as well as the large-scale cease-fire in the...

The board of the French automaker Renault said Thursday it was keeping Carlos Ghosn as its chief executive, after an internal review of his pay package found that it had conformed with French law. Ghosn has been held under arrest in Japan since November 19 on charges of financial...