More than two dozen people were feared missing on Tuesday, a day after a volcano that is a tourist attraction suddenly erupted off the coast of New Zealand’s North Island, killing at least five people and injuring up to 20. Police said early on Tuesday they did not expect to find any more...

Lebanon’s political impasse has deepened after a tentative deal on a new prime minister unraveled, leaving the country rudderless as it grapples with the worst economic crisis since the 1975-90 civil war. Six weeks since Saad al-Hariri resigned as prime minister, prompted by protests...

Jennifer Fenton, the spokeswoman for UN Special Representative for Syria Gerd Pedersen, said the Syrian Constitutional Committee's third round of meetings will need the Bashar al-Assad regime and its opponents to agree on the agenda. "For the Committee to carry out its work under the Rules...

Saudi Arabia on Monday said its budget deficit for next year would widen as the world's top oil exporter faces tumbling oil prices and production cuts. The kingdom projected a budget deficit of $50 billion for 2020, for the seventh year in a row, up $15 billion on this year, according to an...