U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday the United States will vie for a seat at the U.N.'s human rights body, which would cement a U.S. return to a Geneva-based body that was shunned by the Trump administration. The top U.S. diplomat said his country will seek a three-year...

The trial of seven people accused of involvement in the smuggling of former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn out of Japan has resumed in Turkey. The fourth hearing got underway on Wednesday in Istanbul. In the previous hearing, Turkish prosecutors sought the maximum possible 12 years in...

Syria’s rebel-held northwest will receive its first shipment of AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine by the end of next month, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday. The doses were procured through the UN body’s Covax program, which aims to provide equitable worldwide access...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran officially started restricting international inspections of its nuclear facilities Tuesday, a bid to pressure European countries and President Joe Biden's administration to lift crippling economic sanctions and restore the 2015 nuclear deal. World powers...