BERLIN (Reuters)- Chancellor Angela Merkel said Monday she would work with France to tackle pressing issues such as trade policy and the war in Syria after the Social Democrats (SPD) voted to join a coalition government with her conservatives. Merkel welcomed the vote by a majority of...

Iraq has ordered the seizure of assets that belonged to executed dictator Saddam Hussein and more than 4,200 officials from his former regime, an official statement said Monday. The list of ex-regime bosses was drawn up by the Iraqi agency charged with tracking down former officials...

TEHRAN (AFP)- Iran's foreign minister slammed the European Union for "extremism" in relationship to Tehran in an interview published Monday ahead of a meeting with his French counterpart. "In order to keep the United States in the Iran nuclear deal, European countries are suffering from...

Turkish security forces held nearly 1,000 undocumented migrants on Saturday as they were attempting to illegally cross the country’s borders, the military said on Sunday. Border Guards arrested 881 people as they attempted to enter Turkey from the Syrian border, a daily report issued...