U.S. President Donald Trump said he has been fully briefed on an audio recording of journalist Jamal Khashoggi's murder but does not want to listen to it himself. "Because it's a suffering tape. It's a terrible tape," he said in an interview with "Fox News Sunday" that was conducted...

Jordan's Prime Minister Omar al-Razzaz said Sunday the kingdom will pay a heavy price if Parliament fails to approve new IMF-backed tax legislation. Razzaz told deputies who were debating the legislation that failure to approve the bill would mean the kingdom would have to pay even...

Egyptian authorities have rounded up at least 40 rights workers, activists and lawyers since late October and detained them in "undisclosed locations," Human Rights Watch said Sunday. "Many of those arrested were people who provided humanitarian and legal support to families of...

President Donald Trump said Saturday he was not considering extraditing a U.S.-based Muslim cleric to Turkey as part of an effort to ease pressure on Saudi Arabia. "No, it's not under consideration," Trump told reporters when asked about potential extradition of Fethullah Gulen, who is...

French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, both limping in the polls, are looking for common approaches to Donald Trump and fixing the flaws in the euro currency. Macron speaks in the German parliament Sunday on an annual day of remembrance for victims of war...

British Prime Minister Theresa May said Sunday the next seven days in the Brexit process would be critical for the country's future. "These next seven days are going to be critical, they are about the future of this country," May told Sky News.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday he wanted his government to fulfill its term, putting the onus of triggering an expected early election on to a coalition partner. Netanyahu has faced calls from his coalition members to hold a snap election after the...

U.S. President Donald Trump said he would be briefed later on Saturday on the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi after a CIA assessment that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the killing. The CIA had briefed other parts of the U.S. government, including Congress, on...

A ship that capsized in July off the coast of Thailand's tourist hotspot Phuket -- leaving dozens of Chinese tourists dead -- was plucked out of the sea on Saturday, immigration officials said. In July, the Phoenix was carrying 105 people when it sank on the way back from a popular...

Roger Federer said he hoped a ballboy who dropped a ball during the climax of his ATP Finals last-four defeat against Alexander Zverev would not have a sleepless night. Germany's Zverev won the match 7-5, 7-6 (7/5) but the end of the contest at London's O2 Arena on Saturday was overshadowed...

-Valuable Rugs  The carpet industry was recently placed in the second round of sanctions imposed by the U.S. on Iran after the former withdrew from a 2015 nuclear deal with Tehran.  “Sales have recently declined due to the rising cost of materials and falling value of the...

Dozens of protesters suffered temporary asphyxiation from teargas canisters fired by Israeli forces during a rally in support of Palestinian journalists in the occupied West Bank on Saturday. Israeli soldiers used  teargas  to disperse the protest, which was staged at the Qalandia...

President Donald Trump says he "very easily" answered written questions from special counsel Robert Mueller, though he speculated that the questions had been "tricked up" to try to catch him in a lie. He said he hadn't submitted his answers to investigators yet. "You have to always be...

An Afghan official says that at least five police officers have been killed when their checkpoint came under attack by insurgents in the northwestern Badghis province. Abdul Aziz Beg, head of the provincial council, says three other police were wounded and another detained by the...

Egypt has sentenced an alleged Daesh (ISIS) supporter to death for stabbing and killing an 82-year-old Christian doctor in Cairo. The September 2017 killing took place when the 40-year-old, pretending to be a patient, requested to see the doctor. He started stabbing the doctor as soon...

U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday that China recently sent a list of compromises to reach a trade agreement. Trump told reporters in the Oval Office that further tariffs on Chinese goods may not be needed because “China wants to make a deal.” “They sent a list of things...

The Central Intelligence Agency has concluded that the Saudi crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, ordered the killing of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi, according to American officials. The C.I.A. made the assessment based on the crown prince’s control of Saudi Arabia, which is such...

Iraqi President Barham Salih is scheduled to visit Iran on Saturday for his first official visit to the country since assuming office last month.  According to the Iraqi Presidency, Salih, while in Iran, is expected to meet Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani.  The...

Warring factions in Yemen have confirmed they will attend peace talks in Sweden, UN Special Envoy to Yemen Martin Griffiths said Friday. "This is a crucial moment for Yemen. I have received firm assurances from the leadership of the Yemeni parties," said Griffiths at a UN Security...

The special envoy of the Inter-governmental Authority on Development (IGAD), an 8-nation Horn of Africa bloc, has warned that Al-Shabaab continues to pose a threat to peace in Somalia. “This is the first time in 30 years that Somalia has been registering progress in institutional...