The U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan has closed following deadly insurgent attacks on a German Consulate and an American military base. In a statement late Saturday, the embassy says it will be "closed for routine services" Sunday "as a temporary precautionary measure." The unusual decision...

(The Guardian)- Eight people died and 36 were arrested in clashes between the Myanmar army and what the government believes are Rohingya Muslim militants in northern Rakhine State, state media said on Sunday, in the largest escalation of the month-old conflict yet. Skirmishes took place...

South Korean leader Park Geun-hye is set to become her country’s first sitting president to be questioned by prosecutors, according to sources cited by local media Sunday. Park conceded back on Nov. 4 that she would be prepared to cooperate with investigators looking into a power abuse...

Venezuela's government and opposition on Saturday reached tentative deals in the areas of elections and foreign aid as part of a Vatican-backed dialogue process, though the agreements fell far short of initial opposition demands. Allies of President Nicolas Maduro will consider letting...

Turkey has issued a travel warning for its citizens about going to the United States, citing violent protests following Tuesday's contested presidential election as well as increasing verbal and physical attacks and harassment of an "anti-immigrant" and "racist" nature. In a statement posted...

Pressure on South Korea's scandal-hit president to resign escalated sharply Saturday, with organisers claiming a million-strong turnout at one of the largest -- and loudest -- anti-government protests the country has ever witnessed. Chanting "Step down Park Geun-Hye!" enormous crowds,...

Four Americans were killed Saturday in a huge explosion inside the largest US military base in Afghanistan, Secretary of Defense Ash Carter said. The Americans -- two servicemembers and two contractors -- were killed at Bagram Airfield by "an apparent suicide bomber," Carter said in a...

Hundreds of Boko Haram fighters and their families have surrendered in Chad in the past month, security and U.N. sources said, in a sign the military campaign against them is making headway. Boko Haram, which has killed and kidnapped thousands of people, had seized an area approximately the...

China is greatly concerned about the European Union's protectionist measures against Chinese steel products, the commerce ministry said on Saturday. "The Chinese side has expressed great concerns and worries about the EU's trade protectionist tendency over steel," the ministry said in a...

Thousands of protesters took their frustrations over Donald Trump's election as the next U.S. president onto the streets on Friday and into Saturday in several cities, including Portland, Oregon, where one protester was shot. The unidentified man was wounded on Portland's Morrison Bridge at...

 The Russian Defence Ministry said Saturday it would need the U.N. mission in Syria to formally confirm its ability to deliver aid to eastern Aleppo before Moscow agreed to any new humanitarian pauses in fighting in the shattered Syrian city. Moscow says previous temporary ceasefires on...

(The Telegraph)- At least four people were killed and 14 others injured in an explosion inside the largest US military base in Afghanistan, Nato said, with the Taliban claiming responsibility. The explosion struck at dawn inside the heavily fortified Bagram Airfield north of Kabul, as the...

(Bloomberg)- Russia said that it talked with the teams of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton during the U.S. presidential election as part of routine outreach during a campaign. Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said the Russian embassy in the U.S. held talks with the Trump camp that...

South Koreans massed in the streets of central Seoul Saturday, preparing for the largest protest yet against scandal-plagued President Park Geun-hye. Police expected up that a demonstration on the main street leading to the presidential Blue House could draw as many as 170,000 people,...

Spain's king will begin his first state visit to Saudi Arabia Saturday, with the possible sale of five warships to the oil-rich kingdom on top of the agenda, sparking protests from rights groups. Felipe VI will be accompanied during his three-day visit by Foreign Minister Alfonso Dastis and...

An American drone strike thought to have struck Islamist militants in Somalia actually killed 10 members of a regional force allied with the United States, according to results of a Pentagon investigation that have not yet been made public. The September incident sheds light on the...

(The Guardian)- The battered pound has posted its best two-week performance in eight years after the surprise US election result took investor focus off the UK’s Brexit challenges. Market concerns shifted to the euro instead, on fears that Donald Trump’s victory will trigger a wave of...

French President Francois Hollande and U.S President-elect Donald Trump had a phone conversation on Friday in which they agreed to clarify positions on key issues such as the Middle East and Ukraine, said a source in Hollande's camp. The source told Reuters that the phone conversation lasted...

(Independent)- The mood is damp and oh so ugly. It is difficult to believe that in two months’ time, the first black President of the United States will hand over the keys to the White House to a man who got there on an Islamaphobic, xenophobic ticket and ended up being congratulated by a former...

President-elect Donald Trump's positions on Middle East issues, if carried out, could bring yet more volatility to the world's most combustible region. Besides vowing to rip up the international nuclear deal with Iran, Trump says he will ramp up the war on Islamic State militants; he could...