Venezuela's new pro-government constitutional authority formally declared Friday it was seizing power from the opposition-led legislature, tightening President Nicolas Maduro's grip on the country in defiance of international outrage. It was the latest maneuver in a deadly political crisis...

With U.S. President Donald Trump increasingly isolated over his response to white nationalist violence in Virginia, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson issued a broad condemnation of racism on Friday and promised to make his department more racially diverse. Trump is facing a widening backlash...

The forces of Libyan military strongman Khalifa Haftar said Friday they had detained a senior commander two weeks before the International Criminal Court issued a warrant for his arrest over unlawful killings in the flashpoint city of Benghazi. "We hereby inform you that the defendant ......

U.S. stocks dropped early Friday, as the battering of markets in the wake of a major attack in Spain showed no signs of slowing, and amid what one analyst called "festering dysfunction" at the White House. The Dow slipped 0.2 percent to 21,700.43 about 15 minutes after the open, and the...