Immediately after he turned against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, the United States lifted economic     sanctions against  Manuel Cristopher, a general who served as the leftist leader’s spy chief.    But other former Venezuelan officials will find it...

Hong Kong will make concessions to a controversial extradition bill, Security Secretary John Lee said on Thursday, but opposition lawmakers called for the legislation, which they fear will extend Beijing’s reach into the city, to be scrapped. Various groups in Hong Kong, including...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was confronted with one of the biggest defeats of his political career Thursday after failing to form a coalition and opting instead to hold an unprecedented second election. Israel will now head to the polls again on Sept. 17, just over five months...

A Taliban official said on Thursday that decent progress had been made at talks with a group of senior Afghan politicians in Moscow but that there had been no breakthrough and that further talks would be needed, Russian news agencies reported. The delegation, led by chief Taliban negotiator...