Spain will not allow its embassy in Caracas to be used as a political center for opposition politician Leopoldo Lopez, acting Foreign Minister Josep Borrell said in Lebanon on Friday. Lopez, an ally of Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido, took refuge at the Spanish residence with his...

President Donald Trump appealed on Monday for a swift end to the "brutal repression" of the Venezuelan people, following an abortive military uprising in support of the US-backed opposition leader Juan Guaido. "I'd like to begin by sending our prayers to the people of Venezuela in their...

 Venezuelan President Nicol?s Maduro has called for military unity in an appearance with soldiers, two days after security forces failed to respond to opposition leader Juan Guaid's call for an uprising. Flanked by commanders, Maduro said on national television Thursday that the...

Hundreds of protesters in Benin manning burning barricades defied police and soldiers Thursday, after violence broke out following controversial parliamentary polls held without a single opposition candidate. A woman died on Thursday after being wounded the day before, medical sources said,...

The Pentagon Wednesday appeared to downplay any active planning to directly intervene in Venezuela to topple President Nicolas Maduro, telling Congress it had not been given orders to prepare for war and stressing support for diplomacy. Asked whether the U.S. military had been given...

A suspected bomb attack by Maoist rebels killed 16 Indian elite commandos on Wednesday, police said, the latest incident of election-time violence in a decades-long insurgency. "Maoists attacked a team of commandos travelling in a private vehicle to inspect an earlier attack. So far 16 men...

A man in Christchurch was charged in court on Wednesday with possessing explosives, ammunition and offensive weapons a day after police found a suspected explosive device in the city where 50 Muslims were killed in attacks on two mosques in March. Police said the 33-year-old suspect had no...

A new round of peace talks between the Taliban and the US starts Wednesday in Qatar, an official for the insurgents said, as the foes seek an end of America's longest war. Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid told AFP that "the sixth round of talks between Islamic Emirate and the US will...

The US-led NATO mission in Afghanistan has stopped releasing key data on how much of the country falls under insurgent or government control, a US watchdog said Wednesday, the latest war metric to fall from public view. NATO's Resolute Support mission previously gave a running tally on who...

Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido has called for protests against President Nicolas Maduro’s government on May Day. "I am calling on the armed forces to continue their march in Operation Freedom. Tomorrow, May 1, we will continue…across all of Venezuela. We will be on the streets,"...

Israel's new Parliament was set to be sworn in Tuesday following April 9 elections that saw Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu win a fifth term, but he has yet to put together a new coalition government. The Knesset, or Parliament, has potentially stormy sessions ahead as it works to resolve...

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Tuesday called on people to take to the streets to “protect the homeland and constitutional order” amid reports of the coup attempt in the country. The military commanders are committed to Venezuela's constitutional order, Maduro said in a Twitter...

New Zealand police found a suspected bomb and ammunition Tuesday in a vacant lot in Christchurch, the scene of last month's mosque shootings which killed 50 Muslim worshippers. Police cordoned off streets late Tuesday afternoon in the Phillipstown area just outside the central business...

Everyone favors vigilance against terrorism. The question is what sort of vigilance is sensible, and whether keeping U.S. troops involved in unending wars qualifies. The answer is no. U.S. forces in Syria have achieved all they can against the Islamic State. Without territory, ISIS will...

The US Defense Department announced Monday it would deploy around 320 additional troops to the southern border with Mexico to support immigration officials. The troops, set to deploy until the end of September, will add to around 2,900 active duty military and 2,000 National Guard members...

After just over 800 days in office, President Donald Trump has made more than 10,000 "false or misleading claims," according to a tally released Monday by the Washington Post. The count, kept by the newspaper's "Fact Checker" database, was started in the Republican leader's first 100 days...

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday expressed confidence that trade talks between the United States and China will not be affected by the end of Iran oil waivers. “We have had lots of talks with China about this issue. I’m confident that the trade talks will continue and run their...

Thousands of Afghans congregated in Kabul on Monday for a rare consultative meeting aimed at finding ways to negotiate a peace deal with the Taliban and end Afghanistan’s war. The four-day consultative grand assembly, known as a Loya Jirga, is an attempt by President Ashraf Ghani to...

Israel's attorney general has given Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu until next week to confirm he wants a formal hearing to defend himself before corruption charges are filed against him. In a letter made public Sunday evening Avichai Mandelblit told Netanyahu's lawyers that if he wants...

Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Sunday announced a ban on all face coverings, a week after Islamist militants carried out coordinated suicide bombings at churches and hotels that killed 253 people. Sirisena said he was using emergency powers to ban any form of face covering in...