China urged Washington Friday to "correct" sanctions imposed on Chinese companies accused of helping Iran acquire materials for its nuclear program. U.S. pressure on Iran and its "long-arm jurisdiction" against companies in third countries is the "root cause" of tension with Tehran, a...

Talks between the government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and the opposition are continuing in Barbados, the foreign ministry from mediator Norway said late on Thursday in a rare statement about the progress of the discussions. “The representatives of the central political actors...

At least 12 people were killed and scores more wounded Thursday when the Taliban attacked a police headquarters in the southern city of Kandahar, officials and the insurgents said. The assault comes amid a series of peace talks between Washington and the Taliban that both sides say are...

Hong Kong’s extradition bill demonstrations have mutated into a much bigger and more complex animal, ripping open old wounds and expanding a political fight as the city battens down for a summer of protests. The demonstrations pop up almost daily, often with little notice, as activists...

South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in and leaders of the country’s major political parties vowed on Thursday to work together to resolve a worsening political and economic dispute with Japan. Moon met leaders of five parties to discuss Japan’s recent export restrictions on some high-tech...

Venezuela's opposition leader announced a mass street rally set for Tuesday to move forward the “next stage” of their US-backed attempt to gain power in the oil-rich country.  "We call on all of Venezuela to mobilize. Together, with the citizen power and the work of the National...

The World Health Organization on Wednesday declared Congo’s Ebola outbreak an international health emergency, sounding a rarely used global alarm after the virus threatened to spread to a major city and into neighbouring countries. Despite a highly effective vaccine and a swift...

The Pentagon said Wednesday it had approved a request to send an additional 1,000 Texas National Guard and 1,100 active duty troops to the border with Mexico, the latest deployment in support of President Donald Trump's controversial immigration crackdown. Major Chris Mitchell, a Pentagon...

Hong Kong’s vaunted police force is facing a crisis of confidence and leadership amid the city’s worsening political tensions, according to serving and retired officers, politicians and security analysts. The force is struggling to cope amid haphazard decision-making, worsening morale and...

U.N. nuclear watchdog chief Yukiya Amano plans to step down early, in March of next year, because of an unspecified illness that has visibly weakened him over the past year, diplomats who follow his agency's work said Wednesday. Amano, a 72-year-old Japanese diplomat, was reappointed in...

The United States will “do what it can do” to help defuse a worsening political and economic dispute between South Korea and Japan, a senior U.S. diplomat said on Wednesday, as South Korea warned that the row would have global repercussions. The United States has been hesitant to publicly...

The EU Tuesday threatened to expand sanctions against Venezuela unless talks between the government and opposition lead to "concrete results", and warned President Nicolas Maduro's regime to end human rights abuses. The European Union, which has sought to help resolve Venezuela's political...

The European Commission's top civil servant Martin Selmayr, whose sudden promotion to that post last year angered EU lawmakers and earned a rebuke from the European Ombudsman, will step down next week, a Commission spokeswoman said Tuesday. Secretary-General Selmayr, a frank-speaking German...

The United States looks set to break a promise not to hold military exercises with South Korea, putting talks aimed at getting North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons at risk, the North Korean Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday. The United States’ pattern of “unilaterally reneging on its...

President Donald Trump doubled down on his attacks against four minority U.S. congresswomen on Monday and dismissed concerns that his comments were racist, prompting outrage from Democrats, who moved to condemn him in the House of Representatives. Speaking at the White House, Trump said...

The outbreak of Ebola in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s Goma town has raised fears the deadly disease could spread to Rwanda. Goma shares border with Rwanda, with an estimated 100,000 people crossing the border from either country daily for various businesses, according to...

Expressing solidarity with the Turkish nation on the third anniversary of the failed 2016 July coup attempt, a Kashmiri lawmaker said in a statement that the people of Turkey set a "historic example of steadfastness". "[Turks] sacrificed [their lives] to uphold democracy and humanity,...

President Donald Trump defended Monday his tweets singling out four Democratic U.S. congresswomen of color, falsely claiming "these are people who hate our country." Trump issued the controversial tweets Sunday against "'Progressive' Democrat Congresswomen," whom he did not name, but...

A court in Myanmar began proceedings Monday against a suspect in the rape of a 2-year-old girl at her nursery school, in a case that has generated huge interest and protests, partly because of doubts that the arrested man is guilty. Aung Kyaw Myo appeared at Dakkhina Thiri District...

Environmental activists sought to sow chaos in five British cities Monday in a bid to force the government to act to help avert what they cast as a climate cataclysm. The Extinction Rebellion group disrupted London with 11 days of protests in April that it cast as the biggest act of...