U.S. attempts to set preconditions for the return of Russian diplomatic property seized in New York and Maryland are "daylight robbery," Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday, the RIA news agency reported. Barack Obama, then U.S. president, ordered the seizure of two...

Britain says the European Union will sanction 16 Syrians it is convinced are involved in chemical weapons attacks against civilians there, targeting military and scientific officials. British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said ahead of Monday's meeting of EU foreign affairs ministers that...

Pakistan's Supreme Court on Monday began hearings that will decide the future of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who is fighting for his job and contesting a damning corruption report by an investigative panel. The Supreme Court is expected to either put Sharif on trial on corruption charges,...

Australia's military will be given greater power to act during terror attacks, the prime minister said Monday, following a review of security forces' responses to a spate of local and international incidents. Among a raft of changes, police will no longer have to wait until they have...