President Donald Trump Wednesday took steps to bar senior Iranian officials and their immediate family from entering the United States as immigrants or non-immigrants, the White House said in a proclamation. The proclamation repeated U.S. accusations that Iran sponsors terrorism,...

Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes will venture into this weekend's Russian Grand Prix with a rare sense of vulnerability after suffering three successive defeats by Ferrari ahead of a race they have dominated for five years. Defending five-time champion Hamilton should have every reason to feel...

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday that the United States must “pay more” for any agreement that goes beyond the 2015 Iran nuclear deal that Washington abandoned. Rouhani also appeared to reject meeting U.S. President Donald Trump while the two are in New York this week for...

Algeria on Wednesday jailed its once-untouchable spy chief, its former de facto ruler and two other figureheads of the ruling elite, as the army seeks to quell mass protests demanding a purge of old power brokers. The military court in Blida, south of Algiers, issued 15-year terms for...

Participating countries will continue efforts to keep the Iran nuclear deal in the place, despite "increasing" difficulties, EU foreign policy chief said Wednesday. "I will not hide that it is increasingly difficult to do it and we have discussed today that fact that we will try to continue...

Israeli President Reuven Rivlin on Wednesday asked Benjamin Netanyahu to form a new Cabinet in the wake of the failed unity talks with his rival Benny Gantz. Rivlin's remarks came in a joint news conference with Netanyahu aired by Israeli TV. The move came after the talks between...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has challenged the opposition parties to initiate a “no confidence motion” against him Wednesday. Johnson’s statement came during the first sitting of the House of Commons, which convened a day after the Supreme Court annulled a five-week long...

U.S. President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced initial details of an emerging trade deal between the two countries on Wednesday, with Trump saying it would open up Japanese markets to $7 billion worth of U.S. products. Trump, using the threat of tariffs, has...

U.S. President Donald Trump Wednesday told a meeting of Latin American leaders who recognize Venezuelan opposition politician Juan Guaido as Venezuela's rightful leader that they were part of a "historic coalition," trying to oust President Nicolas Maduro. The opposition, which considers...

On the banks of the Moscow river, workers lay the finishing touches to a giant indoor amusement park, complete with its own Colosseum and other wonders of the world. The billion-dollar project, called the "Island of Dreams", is backed by the Russian capital's mayor Sergei Sobyanin, who has...

Lionel Messi has sustained a strain in his left thigh, Barcelona confirmed on Wednesday. Messi was substituted at half-time of Barca's 2-1 win over Villarreal on Tuesday in what was the striker's first start of the season. He had previously been out with a calf injury sustained on...

Thousands of refugees in Rwanda have started to benefit from community-based health insurance under an understanding reached with the UN refugee agency, said Rwanda’s ministry in charge of refugees. “Since Sept. 9 all urban refugees in Rwanda are eligible to benefit from our community-based...

China on Wednesday opened a gigantic airport which is expected to become one of world’s busiest transit points. The starfish-shaped Beijing Daxing International Airport was inaugurated by the nation's President Xi Jinping, Xinhua reported. The Chinese news agency asserted that it would...

The U.S. is imposing fresh Iran-related sanctions on Chinese nationals and entities, the Treasury Department announced Wednesday.   The economic penalties will hit COSCO Shipping Tanker Co. and COSCO Shipping Tanker Seaman & Ship Management Co. over their alleged transport of...

U.S. President Donald Trump pressured Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden during a telephone call, a rough transcript released by the White House Wednesday confirms.  Trump asked Zelensky during a July 25 conversation to get in touch...

Yemen's Huthi rebels said Wednesday their offer to halt all attacks on Saudi Arabia still stands despite new air strikes allegedly launched by a Arab-led coalition fighting the insurgents. Twenty-two civilians, including children, were killed in air raids earlier this week in Dhale and...

Afghanistan's Taliban insurgency has lifted a ban on World Health Organization activities in areas the militants control, a spokesperson for the Islamist group said, reversing a stance that had been complicating efforts to eradicate polio. The Taliban had in April banned the WHO and...

Ukrainian teen Dayana Yastremska scored the first top-10 win of her career at the Wuhan Open on Wednesday over world number two Karolina Pliskova, declaring herself one of the young talents making a splash on tour this season. In a year where 19-year-old Bianca Andreescu has won the US...

Saudi Arabia on Wednesday hailed what it called a growing consensus that rival Iran carried out this month's attack on the kingdom's oil infrastructure. Saudi Arabia's minister of state for foreign affairs, Adel al-Jubeir, said that the kingdom's initial investigation "indicated that it was...

Egyptian authorities have arrested more than 1,000 people, rights groups said Wednesday, broadening a crackdown launched after rare protests calling for the ouster of general-turned-President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. The wave of arrests comes ahead of a "million-man march" Friday called for by...