The U.S. military said it has carried out an airstrike in central Somalia targeting al-Shabab that killed seven extremists. The U.S. Africa Command statement said Tuesday's airstrike occurred in Quy Cad in the Mudug region. The strike was carried out a day after two other U.S....

U.S. President Donald Trump Wednesday thanked Saudi Arabia for lower oil prices, a day after pledging the U.S. would remain a "steadfast partner" of the kingdom despite the murder of Jamal Khashoggi. "Oil prices getting lower. Great! Like a big Tax Cut for America and the World. Enjoy!...

An international rights group says Libyan authorities have forcibly removed dozens of migrants who had barricaded themselves in a container ship in the port city of Misrata for the past 10 days after being picked up at sea. The migrants had refused to disembark, saying Libya is too...

-  Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has issued a mocking response to President Donald Trump's announcement that he would stick by Saudi Arabia despite the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. "Mr. Trump bizarrely devotes the FIRST paragraph of his shameful statement on...

The United States has imposed sanctions on six people and three entities for their involvement in oil shipments to Syria, the U.S. Treasury Department said Tuesday. The individuals listed in a statement by the U.S. Treasury included two Iranian nationals, a Russian, a Syrian, an Iraqi...

House Democrats are planning to investigate Ivanka Trump’s reported use of a private email address for official business. The Oversight and Government Reform Committee will focus a current investigation into White House staffers’ compliance with the Presidential Records Act on the first...

Alice Weidel, co-leader of Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), has been placed under formal investigation over claims of taking illegal donations. The public prosecutor's office in the southern Germany city of Konstanz announced on Tuesday that it has opened an...

An appeal by U.S. senators to vote against a nominee for the head of Interpol is interference, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday.   "This is a kind of interference in the electoral process, in the elections in an international organization. How else would you evaluate...

President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that the United States intends to remain a "steadfast partner" of Saudi Arabia even though "it could very well be" that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman had knowledge of the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Trump, in a statement issued...

 President Donald Trump faces increasing pressure to take tougher measures against Saudi Arabia over the killing of writer Jamal Khashoggi. Trump says that Saudi Arabia is a "spectacular ally" and that he's not convinced that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the kingdom's de facto...

Three people, including a police officer, were killed Monday in a shooting at a hospital in Chicago, said police. The gunman – identified as 32-year-old Juan Lopez, the former fiancée of one of the victims -- was among the dead in the attack at Mercy Hospital. Earlier, Anthony...

Democrats in the House of Representatives are attempting to change a 181-year-old rule banning the wearing of hats in the chamber in order to accommodate one of the first Muslims elected to Congress, who wears a headscarf. The leader of the House Democrats, Nancy Pelosi, along with...

A trio of Democratic senators Monday sued U.S. President Donald Trump over his appointment of Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker. The complaint filed by Richard Blumenthal, Sheldon Whitehouse and Mazie Hirono, asks a federal judge to remove Whitaker from the post Trump appointed...

A new war of words has erupted between Washington and Islamabad after President Donald Trump's recent statement saying Pakistan has not done "a damn thing" for the U.S. In a tweet on Monday, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan recalled the lives lost during the U.S. 'war on terror'....

The order to kill Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was given by Saudi Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman, Azzam al-Tamimi, director of the London-based Institute of Islamic Political Thought, has told Anadolu Agency. According to the Palestinian researcher, bin Salman issued the order...

Germany announced Monday that it halted all arms exports to Saudi Arabia in a move to increase pressure on Riyadh to conduct a full investigation into the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Speaking at a news conference in Berlin, Economy and Energy Ministry spokesman Philipp Jornitz...

Turkey's coast guard says it rescued 40 migrants stuck on an island after they attempted the crossing to Greece. In a statement Monday, the coast guard said it dispatched two helicopters and one boat following a rescue request call by a migrant. Aerial footage showed groups of people on...

Turkish Coast Guard on Monday began an operation to rescue 40 irregular migrants stranded in Yumurta island in Aegean sea, sources said. At least 10 of the migrants were rescued during the operation in northern Aegean, off the coast of Turkey’s Balikesir, said the sources, who asked not to...

Flash floods and landslides caused by a powerful typhoon have killed at least 12 people in central Vietnam, according to local media reports on Sunday. Inundating rainfall and landslide have battered the central Khanh Hoa province in the last few days since Typhoon Toraji, a tropical...

U.S. President Donald Trump said he has been fully briefed on an audio recording of journalist Jamal Khashoggi's murder but does not want to listen to it himself. "Because it's a suffering tape. It's a terrible tape," he said in an interview with "Fox News Sunday" that was conducted...