The Swedish government announced Friday that it will ink the UN’s landmark agreement on migration. In a statement on its official website, the government said that Sweden will sign the first-ever global agreement of the UN on migration issue. The statement said that the aim was...

The European Union will open a delegation in the central Asian republic of Turkmenistan, the bloc said on Friday.  The new delegation, set to open next year, will operate in the capital Ashgabat, said the EU’s European External Action Service (EEAS) in a statement. ...

A former militia leader from the Central African Republic known as "Colonel Rambo" was tortured in detention before his transfer to The Hague on war crimes charges, his lawyer said Friday. The arrest of Alfred Yekatom, who made his first appearance at the International Criminal Court...

An explosion rocked a mosque on an Afghan army base during Friday prayers, killing at least nine people, officials said, in the latest violence to hit the war-torn country. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the blast, which follows a wave of deadly attacks across...

Finland announced late Thursday it will block new arms export licenses to Saudi Arabia and the UAE, citing the murder of a Saudi journalist and the countries' role in Yemen's humanitarian crisis. The suspension mirrors earlier decisions by Denmark, Norway and Germany to halt arms sales...

Japanese prosecutors are likely to build a new criminal case against ousted Nissan Motor Chairman Carlos Ghosn for understating his remuneration by 3 billion yen ($27.0 million) over three years from fiscal 2015, the Asahi newspaper reported on Friday. Ghosn and former Nissan...

Daesh (ISIS) claimed responsibility for five attacks in an area it calls the "State of West Africa" which it said had resulted in 118 casualties in the last week. In a video posted late on Thursday, the militant group did not specify the number of people killed in attacks between Nov....

The head of the U.N.'s atomic watchdog has called on North Korea to allow inspectors back in to monitor its nuclear program. Speaking at a board meeting Thursday in Vienna of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Director General Yukiya Amano noted that Pyongyang had in September...

Israel's army censor warned Thursday against publishing photos released earlier in the day by Hamas, of eight people it claimed were part of a recent Israeli special forces operation in the Gaza Strip that turned deadly. Hamas’ armed wing called for information on the people in the...

Deaths from an outbreak this year of Lassa fever across 22 states in Nigeria are nearing 150, the country's center for disease control said on Thursday.  “Since the outbreaks, there have been 143 deaths in confirmed cases and 17 probable cases. The rate of fatality cases is...

A draft document shaping post-Brexit relationships between the U.K. and EU has been principally agreed by the parties, European Council President Donald Tusk said Thursday. “I have just sent to EU27 a draft Political Declaration on the future relationship between EU and UK,” Tusk said...

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman left Thursday on a visit to "brotherly Arab countries," state media reported, his first official trip abroad since the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The crown prince will visit a "number of" Arab states at the request of his father, King...

France said Thursday it had imposed sanctions, including travel bans, on 18 Saudi citizens linked to the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi and said more could follow depending on results of an investigation. The foreign ministry did not name the individuals but said in a...

The United States accused Iran Thursday of failing to declare a toxic arms program to the global chemical warfare watchdog, in breach of international agreements. U.S. envoy Kenneth Ward told the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in The Hague that Tehran was...

UN envoy, Yemen rebel chief discuss peace talks logistics: rebels

Iran is implementing its side of its nuclear deal with major powers, the U.N. atomic watchdog policing the pact reaffirmed on Thursday, two weeks after the latest wave of reimposed U.S. sanctions against Tehran took effect. President Donald Trump said in May he was pulling the United...

Authorities in eastern Libya say they have taken into custody suspects in the 2013 killing of an American chemistry teacher in Benghazi. The self-styled Libyan National Army said on social media Thursday that "those who took part in this crime" – the killing of teacher Ronnie Smith –...

A bomb targeting Haqqani network militants in their hideout in Pakistan’s tribal areas bordering Afghanistan killed three people on Thursday, including two militants, a security official and a militant source said. No group claimed responsibility for the blast. The Haqqani...

Egyptian authorities say police killed 12 militants when security forces stormed three deserted buildings used as militant hideouts in the northern part of the Sinai Peninsula. An Interior Ministry statement Thursday said the militants were the first to open fire on the policemen as...

Washington Post publisher and chief executive Fred Ryan on Wednesday condemned U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision not to punish Saudi Arabia for the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.  “A clear and dangerous message has been sent to tyrants around the world: Flash enough...