The United States will not lift sanctions on Iran in order to negotiate, U.S. President Donald Trump tweeted late on Saturday, seemingly in response to a Der Spiegel interview with Iran’s foreign minister. “Iranian Foreign Minister says Iran wants to negotiate with The United States, but...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday that eastern Libyan military commander Khalifa Haftar could not be expected to respect a ceasefire called between his forces and pro-government troops in Libya. Commenting on reported violations of the truce, Erdogan said: “It is not possible...

The death toll in China from the novel coronavirus outbreak has climbed to 56, local media reported on Sunday. “During the past 24 hours, 688 new confirmed cases, 1,309 new suspected cases and 15 deaths from the disease (13 in Hubei, one in Shanghai and one in Henan) were reported,” Xinhua...

The death toll from Friday's powerful earthquake in eastern Turkey rose to 31, the country's disaster relief agency said. So far, 1,547 people have been reported injured as rescue workers continue recovering victims buried under the rubble, according to the Disaster and Emergency Management...

The curtain comes down on Britain's membership of the European Union on January 31 after more than three and a half years of disagreements and delays. Here are the milestones in the rocky process. - Leave wins - In a referendum on June 23, 2016 that followed decades of arguments...

Unseeded Tunisian Ons Jabeur sent Chinese hope Wang Qiang crashing out of the Australian Open on Sunday to become the first Arab woman to reach a Grand Slam quarter-final. Wang stunned Serena Williams in the third round but the 27th seed ran out of steam against the powerful Jabeur, who...

China's leader on Saturday called the accelerating spread of a new virus a grave situation, as cities from the outbreak's epicenter in central China to Hong Kong scrambled to contain an illness that has infected more than 1,200 people and killed 41. President Xi Jinping's remarks,...

Iran has the capacity to enrich uranium at any percentage if Iranian authorities decide to do so, the deputy head of the country’s nuclear agency said in a report posted on its website on Saturday. “At the moment, if (Iranian authorities) make the decision, the Atomic Energy Organization,...

Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane defended Gareth Bale on Saturday after the Welshman picking up another injury and also said Eden Hazard is close to a return. Bale will miss Madrid's La Liga game against Real Valladolid on Sunday after he sprained his ankle during Madrid's Copa del Rey win...

France is planning to evacuate its citizens from the Chinese city of Wuhan, the epicenter of the deadly coronavirus epidemic, the French Foreign Ministry said on Saturday. A statement on the official webpage of the French consulate in Wuhan said that France was “considering … setting up a...

Iran is not ruling out negotiations with the United States even after an American drone strike that killed a top Iranian general, the country's foreign minister said in an interview released Saturday. Mohammed Javad Zarif told Germany's Der Spiegel magazine that he would "never rule out the...

The closure of Libya’s major oil fields and production facilities has resulted in losses of more than $255 million in the six-day period ending Jan. 23, the country’s national oil company said Saturday. The closures came when powerful tribal groups loyal to military commander Khalifa Haftar...

Three protesters were shot dead on Saturday in Iraq's capital and south, medics told AFP, as demonstrators clashed with security forces clearing streets and squares occupied for months by protesters. One demonstrator was killed in the capital Baghdad and two others were shot in the southern...

 U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin suggested Saturday that Britain and America would be able to conclude a trade deal this year, despite lingering disagreements on a digital services tax and whether to allow Chinese tech giant Huawei to build aspects of a new high-speed mobile...

White House lawyers began presenting their defense of President Donald Trump Saturday at his historic Senate impeachment trial for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. White House counsel Pat Cipollone began presenting opening arguments at an extraordinary weekend session of the...

China is scrambling to build a 1,000-bed hospital in just 10 days as authorities grapple with the spiralling outbreak of a virus that has left at least 41 dead, and infected hundreds of others. The mobile facility in the central city of Wuhan, birthplace of the Coronavirus epidemic, is...

Pope Francis met Iraq's president Saturday and the two agreed that the country's sovereignty must be respected, following attacks on Iraqi territory this month by the United States and Iran. President Barham Salih held private talks for about 30 minutes with the pope and then met the...

Iran condemned Saturday what it called the "illegal and inhuman" treatment of its nationals by U.S. border security officers, after reports a student was deported despite having a valid visa. "Such absolutely discriminatory measures that only happen over people's race, nationality or...

Brexit will not negatively affect cooperation between the intelligence services in Europe, the EU's anti-terrorism coordinator said. "The exchange of information is not impacted," Gilles de Kerchove said on the sidelines of a meeting of EU interior ministers in Zagreb on Friday....

Two women, one pregnant, were killed and seven other people injured after Myanmar troops shelled a Rohingya village on Saturday, according to a lawmaker and a villager, two days after the U.N.’s highest court ordered the country to protect the minority. Maung Kyaw Zan, a national member of...