Chancellor Angela Merkel said refugees in Germany must respect tolerance, openness and freedom of religion, while senior members of her party called for a ban on foreign funding of mosques. Merkel, who will seek a fourth term as chancellor in what is expected to be a tight election in...

U.S. backed Syrian forces repelled a major counter-attack by ISIS militants holding out at the country's largest dam and in the nearby town of Tabqa, the group and activists said Sunday. The dam is a key strategic target in the military campaign to isolate and capture the Syrian city of...

The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations says there's no question Russia was involved in the U.S. presidential election and that the actions of the Kremlin will be addressed after the investigations are completed. "We don't want any country involved in our elections, ever," Nikki Haley said...

The speaker of South Africa's parliament said on Sunday she would consider a request from opposition parties to hold a no confidence vote on President Jacob Zuma. Baleka Mbete, who is also the national chairperson of the ruling African National Congress (ANC), made the remarks in a televised...