The leak of confidential memos from Britain's ambassador to the United States in which he describes President Donald Trump's administration as "dysfunctional" and "inept" could damage relations, a British minister said Monday. Trade Minister Liam Fox, who is on a visit to Washington, said...

 A 5.7-magnitude earthquake struck southwest Iran near the border with Iraq Monday, the country's national seismological center reported. The quake, whose epicenter was in the Masjed Soleiman area of Khuzestan province, hit at 11:30 a.m. (0700 GMT) at a depth of 17 kilometers....

The power-sharing agreement reached between Sudan's military and pro-democracy protesters last week came after the United States and its Arab allies applied intense pressure on both sides amid fears that a prolonged crisis could tip the country into civil war, activists and officials said....

Air space re-opened at the Libyan capital’s only functioning airport, Mitiga, on Sunday after it was halted following a fall of missiles, according to a post on the Mitiga airport authority’s Facebook page. The airport authority added that the carrier companies will begin receiving...

Talks between Venezuela’s opposition and representatives of President Nicolas Maduro’s government will take place this week, mediator Norway said. The parties announced on Sunday the talks would resume in Barbados but their timing was not immediately clear. “The parties will meet this...

China and the rest of the world must co-exist, Chinese Vice President Wang Qishan said on Monday, in an indirect jab at the United States with which Beijing is currently trying to resolve a bitter trade war. “China’s development can’t shut out the rest of the world. The world’s development...

Britain’s seizing of an Iranian oil tanker last week was a threatening act that will not be tolerated, Iran’s Defence Minister Amir Hatami said on Monday in a speech broadcast live on state television. Royal Marines impounded the tanker in Gibraltar on Thursday on suspicion it was carrying...

Iran is not looking for war with any country, Iranian army chief Major General Abdolrahim Mousavi said on Monday, according to the semi-official Mehr news agency. Tensions have spiked between Iran and the United States after the Islamic Republic shot down an American drone last month....

US President Donald Trump on Sunday said migrant detention centres that have come under criticism for overcrowding and poor conditions will be opened to visits by journalists. "I'm going to start showing some of these detention centres to the press. I want the press to go in and see them,"...

Dozens of powerful Afghans resumed talks with the Taliban on Monday in Doha, where a possible ceasefire is on the table along with key issues such as women's rights. Stakes are high for the talks which follow a week of US-Taliban negotiations with both sides eyeing a resolution to the...

The United States claimed a record-extending fourth women's World Cup with a 2-0 win over European champions the Netherlands thanks to goals by Megan Rapinoe and Rose Lavelle on Sunday. Rapinoe broke the deadlock with a 61st-minute VAR-awarded penalty before Lavelle rounded off the victory...

An Algerian senator close to former President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has been jailed on accusations of corruption. State television announced that a Supreme Court judge ordered Djamel Ould Abbas incarcerated in Algiers Sunday after several hours of questioning for alleged wrongdoing when he...

Iran denied Sunday that an oil tanker detained by Britain in Gibraltar was carrying crude to Syria, which would put it in violation of EU sanctions. "The tanker was carrying Iran's oil... Contrary to what the British government claims, its destination was not Syria," said Iranian Deputy...

Yemeni officials and witnesses say rebel attacks have killed at least 10 pro-government forces in the key port city of Hodeida. They say the clashes, which flared up Wednesday, wounded at least seven civilians when shells hit their residential areas in the contested Red Sea city. The...

All measures taken by Iran to scale back its commitments to a 2015 nuclear deal were “reversible” if the European signatories of the pact fulfilled their obligations, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif tweeted on Sunday. Iran said on Sunday it is fully prepared to enrich uranium at any...

Saudi Arabia's King Salman has met British treasury chief Philip Hammond to discuss economic and financial investments between the two countries and security cooperation amid heightened tensions with Iran. The British Foreign Office says Hammond is traveling with a delegation that includes...

Inspectors from the U.N. nuclear watchdog who are in Iran will report back once they have checked that Tehran has enriched uranium to a higher level of purity than that allowed under its nuclear deal, the agency said on Sunday. “We are aware of Iran’s announcement related to its uranium...

Thousands of anti-government protesters began a march in Hong Kong Sunday that will end outside a controversial train station linking the territory to the Chinese mainland, as activists try to keep pressure on the city's pro-Beijing leaders. The rally is the first major large-scale protest...

Afghan officials say a car bomb in central Afghanistan has killed three people and wounded 72 others, many of them students attending a nearby school. Hasan Raza Yousafi, a provincial council member, says the target of Sunday's suicide attack was an intelligence unit compound in Ghazni, the...

 Iran announced Sunday it will raise its enrichment of uranium, breaking another limit of its unraveling 2015 nuclear deal with world powers and further heightening tensions between Tehran and the U.S. Government spokesperson Ali Rabiei told a news conference that Iran will go beyond...