U.S. and South Korean troops kicked off their annual drills Monday that come after tensions rose over North Korea's two intercontinental ballistic missile tests last month. The Ulchi Freedom Guardian drills are largely computer-simulated war games held every summer and have drawn furious...

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas told Israeli opposition lawmakers Sunday that he had proposed rolling back his month-old suspension of security coordination with Israel, but that they did not respond to the overture, the delegation said. Abbas suspended ties on July 21, demanding that...

Trade negotiators from the United States, Canada and Mexico on Sunday wrapped up the first round of talks to revamp the NAFTA trade pact, amid signs that an ambitious schedule to conclude negotiations by early 2018 could slip in the coming months. A U.S. official said the three nations would...

South Africa has granted Zimbabwe's first lady Grace Mugabe diplomatic immunity after a 20-year-old model accused her of assault in an upmarket Johannesburg hotel room. "I hereby recognise the immunities and privileges of the First Lady of the Republic of Zimbabwe, Dr Grace Mugabe," said...