Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said on Friday that Iran has not sought Moscow's help in case the United States decides to re-impose economic sanctions on Tehran. U.S. President Donald Trump has said that unless European allies fix the "terrible flaws" in the Iran nuclear deal...

Sweden's legendary disco group ABBA announced Friday that they have reunited to record two new songs, 35 years after their last single. "We all four felt that, after some 35 years, it could be fun to join forces again and go into the recording studio. So we did," the group said in a...

The leaders of North and South Korea signed a declaration on Friday agreeing to work for the "complete denuclearization of the Korean peninsula". At their first summit in more than a decade, the two sides announced they would seek an agreement to establish "permanent" and "solid" peace...

Israel must stop the excessive use of force by its security forces along the Gaza border and must hold to account those responsible for the many deaths and injuries sustained by Palestinians in the past month, the U.N. human rights chief said Friday. U.N. High Commissioner for Human...

Algeria expects to get more illegal migrants from sub-Saharan Africa after the European Union made it more difficult to reach Europe by boat, a senior official in the country's interior ministry said on Thursday. A 2016 EU agreement with Turkey all but closed the sea route to the Greek...

 Turkey's state-run news agency says Turkish authorities have detained four suspected senior Daesh (ISIS) extremists in an operation in the Aegean coastal city of Izmir. Anadolu Agency said Friday the suspects include the group's so-called "emir," or ruler, of Deir al-Zor, a major...

Research by Chinese geologists suggests that the mountain above North Korea’s main nuclear test site has likely collapsed, rendering it unsafe for further testing and requiring that it be monitored for any leaking radiation. The findings by the scientists at the University of Science and...

Former CIA Director Mike Pompeo easily received Senate confirmation Thursday to helm the State Department. The 57-42 vote clears the way for Pompeo to assume the post following widespread opposition from Senate Democrats. In all six Democrats voted to confirm Pompeo to be the next...

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis Thursday emphasized the value of certain aspects of the Iran nuclear agreement, even as President Donald Trump considering pulling out of the 2015 deal, which he has attacked repeatedly and this week called "insane." Without explicitly giving his opinion...

 Iraq has awarded Iraqi-owned United Arab Emirates-based Crescent Petroleum three exploration blocks in an oil and gas exploration and development contract auction Thursday and China's Geo-Jade won two. United Energy Group, also based in China, won one contract and a total of five...

Iran's supreme leader called on Muslim nations to unite against the United States, saying Tehran would never yield to "bullying," state television reported on Thursday. "The Iranian nation has successfully resisted bullying attempts by America and other arrogant powers and we will...

The Armenian parliament on Thursday called for an extraordinary session next week to vote for a new prime minister after the country was plunged into a political crisis with the abrupt resignation of its leader. Serzh Sargsyan, who ruled the country for ten years before moving into the...

A senior Vatican official who last week made a historic visit to Saudi Arabia says he told authorities in the kingdom, where non-Muslim worship is banned, that Christians cannot be considered second-class citizens. French cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran's trip, the first by such a senior...

British interior minister Amber Rudd faced calls to resign on Thursday after a scandal in which Caribbean immigrants who have lived legally in Britain for decades were being labelled illegal immigrants. For nearly two weeks, British ministers have been struggling to explain why some...

Britain's Prince Harry has asked his elder brother Prince William to be his best man at his wedding to U.S. actress Meghan Markle next month, his office said in a statement on Thursday. Harry was William's best man at his own glittering wedding to wife Kate Middleton in 2011....

Israel would retaliate if there was an Iranian attack on Tel Aviv by striking Tehran, Israel's defense minister said in remarks published on Thursday, as the arch-foes faced off over Syria. "Israel doesn't want war ... but if Iran attacks Tel Aviv, we will hit Tehran," Avigdor Lieberman...

Twin explosions in the center of the Afghan capital of Kabul wounded at least three people Wednesday, officials said, amid there were conflicting reports about the cause of the blast. With the city on high alert following Sunday's deadly attack on a voter registration center that killed...

The United States is not seeking to reopen or renegotiate the JCPOA Iran nuclear deal but hopes to stay in it to fix its flaws with a supplementary agreement, U.S. non-proliferation envoy Christopher Ford said Wednesday. "We are not aiming to renegotiate the JCPOA or reopen it or change...

Israel's intelligence minister said Wednesday that a proposed new U.S.-European deal over Iran's nuclear program might dissuade U.S. President Donald Trump from abandoning the current agreement between world powers and Tehran. The minister, Israel Katz, did not say, in a radio...

A Palestinian journalist shot two weeks ago by Israeli forces on the Gaza border has died, Israeli and Palestinian sources said Wednesday, the second journalist killed in a month of unrest. Ahmad Abu Hussein, 25, was shot on April 13 while covering protests along the Gaza border for a...