An Iranian opposition leader who has been under house arrest since 2011 has begun a hunger strike over his detention. A website associated with Mahdi Karroubi announced Wednesday that the 79-year-old Shia scholar has stopped eating and is only taking heart medication. The website quoted...

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday praised North Korea's leader for backing off on plans to fire missiles toward the U.S. Pacific territory of Guam. Trump said in a tweet that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un "made a very wise and reasonable decision," adding "the alternative would have...

 Turkey on Wednesday warned that a plan by the leadership in Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region to hold a referendum on independence next month could lead to civil war, in Ankara's strongest warning yet against the poll. "In that country (Iraq), which has been through so many problems, a...

Japanese jets conducted air manoeuvres with U.S. bombers southwest of the Korean peninsula on Wednesday as North Korea considered whether to fire missiles towards the U.S.-administered territory of Guam. Reclusive North Korea has made no secret of its plans to develop a missile capable of...