Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak called for unity Friday as he tried to bring home nine Malaysians stuck in North Korea amid a growing row over the murder of Kim Jong Nam, while warning Pyongyang not to abuse Malaysia's "hospitality". North Korea barred Malaysians from leaving the...

South Korean President Park Geun-Hye was fired by the country's top court on Friday, as it upheld her impeachment by parliament over a wide-ranging corruption scandal. The unanimous decision brought to a climax months of political turmoil that brought millions of people onto the streets in...

The Trump National Golf Club in Westchester County, New York, has a magnificent course. Just ask its namesake, U.S. President Donald Trump, who until recently was quoted on its website saying the club "provides more than a membership – it's a true luxury lifestyle." The business is worth...

The United States will host a major meeting of the 68 members of the coalition fighting ISIS on March 22, the State Department said Thursday. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will chair the talks, which come as the allies are fighting the extremists in the Iraqi city of Mosul and closing in...

The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted 12-9 on Thursday to approve President Donald Trump's nominee as ambassador to Israel, outspoken bankruptcy lawyer David Friedman, a staunch supporter of expanded settlements. The vote was largely along party lines, a contrast with strong...

A U.S. military investigation into a January raid against Al-Qaeda in Yemen has concluded that between four and 12 civilians were killed, U.S. Army General Joseph Votel, the head of the U.S. military's Central Command, said on Thursday. "We have made a determination based on our best...

A new U.S. strategy to break a stalemate in Afghanistan will require additional U.S. troops, the head of the U.S. military's Central Command said Thursday. "I do believe it will involve additional forces to ensure that we can make the advise and assist mission more effective," General Joseph...

Iran's semi-official Fars news agency is reporting that the country's Revolutionary Guard has successfully tested a ballistic missile. The Thursday report quotes Gen. Amir Ali Hajizadeh, chief of the Guard's airspace division, as saying the missile destroyed target from a distance of 250...

The Dutch foreign minister paid tribute Thursday to activists who risk their lives in Syria to gather evidence of atrocities, saying it should be used to prosecute those responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity. Minister of Foreign Affairs Bert Koenders was speaking at a...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Thursday that Germany and Turkey had many ties such as NATO membership and their joint fight against Islamic terrorism but differences had come to the fore recently and everything should be done to resolve that. "There are on the one hand many common...

(The Independent)- Dr Khaled Almilaji, a Brown University graduate student, is stuck in Turkey since January because of President Trump’s travel ban on Syrian citizens entering the country while his pregnant wife is in the US. He now plans on moving to Canada.  The latest form of the...

Pakistani officials say authorities have again closed the two main border crossings with Afghanistan after a temporary, two-day opening that enabled nearly 35,000 people to cross the border. The crossings were initially closed after a string of militant attacks in Pakistan last month killed...

China has granted preliminary approval for 38 trademarks linked to Donald Trump, documents on China's state trademark office show, giving the U.S. President and his family protection were they to develop the "Trump" brand in the market. The trademarks - which in theory cover a wide sweep of...

The United States is open to a dialogue with North Korea on denuclearizing the Korean peninsula, but the onus is on Pyongyang to take "meaningful actions" toward that end and to refrain from provocative acts, the U.S. State Department said on Wednesday. State Department spokesman Mark Toner...

A mayor who was handily defeated in his bid for a sixth two-year term said Wednesday that he believes his loss was due to his support for a plan to bring refugees from Syria and Iraq to the economically depressed Vermont city. Rutland Mayor Christopher Louras lost Tuesday's four-way race to...

Tunisian Foreign Minister Khemaies Jhinaoui on Wednesday visited Baghdad to discuss regional developments -- especially the fight against terrorism -- with Iraqi officials. Jhinaoui was received upon his arrival by Iraqi President Fuad Masum, according to a statement released by Masum’s...

A group of feminist activists was detained in Moscow Wednesday, International Women's Day, after protesting by the Kremlin walls with a banner reading "Men have been in power 200 years, down with them!" OVD Info, a website that monitors detentions of activists, wrote that seven people were...

A U.S. Navy ship changed course towards Iranian Revolutionary Guard vessels in the Strait of Hormuz Saturday, a guard commander was quoted as saying Wednesday while issuing a warning. A U.S. official told Reuters Monday that multiple fast-attack vessels from the Revolutionary Guard had come...

Armenia's President Serzh Sarkisian has urged international powers to step up pressure on Azerbaijan to avoid all-out war over the disputed Nagorny Karabakh region, accusing his nation's arch-foe of military "blackmail". "The danger of a new war is constant and will persist until Azerbaijan...

Indian police Wednesday shot dead a suspected ISIS sympathizer who they said was involved in a train explosion that injured 10 people. Police said they ended a nearly 12-hour stand-off in the early hours by storming the house where the suspect, identified as Saifullah, was holed up in...