Italy’s 5-Star Movement will only enter a coalition with the opposition Democratic Party (PD) if it agrees to a string of policy demands, the 5-Star leader said on Friday, setting an uncompromising tone for the negotiations. Luigi Di Maio’s hardline message dented growing optimism that a...

A suicide bomber on a motorcycle killed six southern separatist fighters on the edge of the Yemeni city of Aden on Friday, witnesses said, part of a surge of violence that has complicated a near five-year-old war and undermined U.N. peace efforts. Islamic State claimed responsibility for...

Iraq's government is preparing a complaint to the U.N. after finding Israel is "certainly" behind several attacks on Hashed al-Shaabi bases, a parliamentarian and leading member of the paramilitary force said. The Hashed has blamed both Israel and the U.S. for a string of blasts and...

Earlier this summer, Carrie Lam, the chief executive of Hong Kong, submitted a report to Beijing that assessed protesters' five key demands and found that withdrawing a contentious extradition bill could help defuse the mounting political crisis in the territory. The Chinese central...

Three human rights groups are urging Egyptian authorities to immediately release an Egyptian-Palestinian activist who was arrested last month for alleged ties with the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood. The International Federation for Human Rights, The Cairo Institute for Human Rights...

Three separatist fighters were killed Friday in a suicide bombing in Aden, the first such attack since Yemeni government forces were expelled from the southern city on Aug. 10, security sources said. "A suicide bomber crashed his bomb-laden motorbike into a vehicle of the Southern...

Lebanon has not received any docking request from Iranian tanker Adrian Darya 1, whose seizure had been requested by the United States, the energy minister said on Friday. "The energy ministry does not buy crude oil from any country and Lebanon does not own a crude oil refinery. There...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he wants to "step up the tempo" in talks with the European Union to strike a new Brexit deal before the October 31 deadline. The comments came ahead of a court ruling Friday that could block Johnson's suspension of parliament just weeks before...

US teen sensation Coco Gauff and top-ranked defending champion Naomi Osaka will meet in a third-round showdown Saturday at the US Open, each curious to test her game against the other. Japanese 21-year-old Osaka dispatched Poland's Magda Linette 6-2, 6-4 while 15-year-old American...

 The United States on Thursday sanctioned Lebanon-based Jammal Trust Bank SAL and its subsidiaries for allegedly facilitating the financial activities of Hezbollah, according to the Treasury Department, which said the bank funnels money to the families of suicide bombers. Separately,...

An Iranian rocket exploded on its launch pad at Imam Khomeini Space Center in northern Iran before its scheduled launch on Thursday, an Iranian official said. The launch was due to have taken place despite U.S. warnings to Iran that it should avoid such activity. “It was due to some...

Concern is mounting over the possible return of extremist groups to Gaza after explosions rocked two police checkpoints Tuesday. Some political analysts say Israel may be behind the blasts, in light of the ability of Israeli intelligence to utilize extremist groups to spread chaos and...

A US envoy suggested Thursday that Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro will be safe from US prosecution if he quits but acknowledged that his departure remained elusive despite a half-year pressure campaign by Washington. Elliott Abrams, the US pointman on Venezuela, renewed demands that...

Huawei's upcoming flagship Mate 30 smartphone will launch next month without key Google apps, creating a disadvantage for the Chinese tech giant hit by US sanctions. A Google spokesperson confirmed Thursday that the California firm won't be able to deliver licensed applications such as...

Apple on Thursday said it will begin supplying parts and training to independent repair shops, offering more options to service for devices made by the California tech giant. The change of course came in the face of criticism that the iPhone maker's tight grip on where repair work could be...

Saudi Arabia's Haifaa al-Mansour cried as she spoke about the barriers to women's success around the world Thursday in Venice, where she is one of only two female directors in contention for the festival's top prize. Mansour's film "The Perfect Candidate" tells the story of a young Saudi...

President Donald Trump said on Thursday that U.S. troop levels in Afghanistan were being reduced to 8,600 but that American forces would remain in the country even if Washington reaches an agreement with the Taliban to end the 18-year war. “Oh yeah, you have to keep a presence,” Trump said...

Shaban Khalaf’s advice to any other Gazans thinking of heading to Europe in search of a better life, as he did, is blunt: don’t bother - it’s not worth the danger and the expense. Khalaf should know. Despairing of ever finding a decent job in Gaza, where the economy is near collapse, the...

Novak Djokovic, Serena Williams, Ashleigh Barty, and Elina Svitolina advanced Thursday to the third round of the U.S. Open 2019 in New York. The number one seed Djokovic faced Juan Ignacio Londero from Argentina in men’s singles. Serbia’s Djokovic beat his opponent on the 56 spot in the...

Iranian tanker Adrian Darya, at the center of a dispute between Washington and Tehran, has changed course away from the Turkish coast, Refinitiv ship tracking data showed Thursday. The tanker, formerly called Grace 1, was released from detention off Gibraltar in mid-August after a five-week...