President Donald Trump came under pressure on Tuesday from U.S. lawmakers, including his fellow Republicans, to explain why he shared highly sensitive intelligence information with senior Russian officials at a meeting in the Oval Office last week. U.S. officials said Trump discussed...

The U.S. Treasury said it imposed sanctions on Tuesday against five people and five entities accused of providing support to Syria's government or linked to those previously sanctioned over the Syrian government's violence against its citizens. Among those put on the Treasury sanctions black...

Canada introduced a ban Tuesday against bumping passengers from commercial flights following a public outcry over a passenger being dragged off a plane in the United States, and other incidents. The passenger bill of rights is part of a package of transportation law amendments that also...

President Donald Trump was set to hold talks on Tuesday with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan amid tensions over the U.S. decision to arm Kurdish fighters in Syria that angered Ankara, a crucial partner in the U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State forces. The meeting between Trump and...

The top U.S. diplomat for the Middle East has told colleagues that he has decided to retire, three U.S. officials said on Tuesday, the latest senior U.S. diplomat to leave the Trump administration. Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Stuart Jones has extensive...

Iran's reformist first vice president, Eshaq Jahangiri, on Tuesday pulled out of this week's presidential election and endorsed the incumbent, Hassan Rouhani, ISNA news agency reported. "I will vote for Mr Rouhani in the presidential election," Jahangiri said as he announced he was...

China appears to be laying the groundwork for the mass collection of DNA samples from residents of a restive, largely Muslim region that's been under a security crackdown, rights observers and independent experts said Tuesday. Police in western China's Xinjiang region confirmed to The...

North Korea's missile program is progressing faster than expected, South Korea's defense minister said on Tuesday, after the UN Security Council demanded the North halt all nuclear and ballistic missile tests and condemned Sunday's test-launch. Han Min-koo told South Korea's parliament the...

 Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Tuesday the issue of US President Donald Trump allegedly divulging state secrets to Russia is not worth confirming or denying, calling it "nonsense." "For us it is not an issue, it's more nonsense," Peskov said when asked about the Washington Post...

French authorities Tuesday charged a suspected ISIS "scout" believed to have helped a key organizer of the 2015 Paris attacks and the perpetrator of a foiled train attack enter Europe. Prosecutors charged Bilal Chatra, a 21-year-old from Algeria, with complicity in an attempted terrorist...

Turkish prosecutors ordered the arrest of 85 staff at the energy and education ministries under a investigation targeting the network of a U.S.-based cleric whom Ankara accuses of orchestrating last July's attempted coup, broadcaster CNN Turk reported Tuesday. No further details were...

German authorities charged a Syrian man who was arrested last November as he tried to travel to Denmark with planning to build a bomb and detonate it in a crowd in the capital of Copenhagen, public prosecutors said on Monday. The Syrian man came to Germany in 2015 and lived in a refugee...

President Donald Trump is meeting with the crown prince of Abu Dhabi at the White House. The president welcomed Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan of the United Arab Emirates on Monday for their first face-to-face meeting since Trump took office. Sitting alongside one another in the...

Saudi King Salman on Monday expressed hope a "historic" summit to be held Sunday between Arab and Muslim nations and US President Donald Trump will enhance ties and promote tolerance. The summit will be one of three forums held during a visit by Trump, who is making Saudi Arabia his first...

Russia had nothing to do with a massive global cyber-attack, President Vladimir Putin said Monday, calling for urgent consultations on countering the hackers. Hundreds of thousands of computers in more than 150 countries have been hit by the ransomware attack, which has been described as the...

 In-form striker Cristiano Ronaldo will try to take Real Madrid to the brink of the Spanish title Wednesday against Celta Vigo. Madrid would move three points clear of Barcelona at the top of La Liga with a victory in Galicia ahead of the season finale Sunday. The match at Balaidos...

A group of German lawmakers has been blocked from visiting troops stationed at Turkey's Incirlik air base, officials said on Monday, a move that could reignite a row between the NATO allies over Berlin's access to the base. The lawmakers were denied a visit to the base as it was not deemed...

U.S.-backed Iraqi forces pressed an advance on neighborhoods under ISIS control in Mosul Monday as they seek to dislodge fighters entrenched in a central mosque before the holy month of Ramadan. Seven months into the campaign to recapture Mosul, militants are besieged in its northwestern...

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas began a three-day visit to India Monday with a tour of an IT facility that is helping Ramallah build a high-end tech hub. Abbas, who arrived late Sunday, will hold talks on the Middle East peace process, among other issues, with Prime Minister Narendra...

 For the second time in a week, government lawyers will try to persuade a federal appeals court to reinstate President Donald Trump's revised travel ban - and once again, they can expect plenty of questions Monday about whether the ban was designed to discriminate against Muslims. A...