The Trump administration on Friday imposed sanctions on 25 individuals and entities, ratcheting up pressure on Iran in what it said were just "initial steps" days after it had put Tehran "on notice" over a recent ballistic missile test-launch. "Iran has a choice to make. We are going to...

The head of the United Nations refugee agency said on Friday that safe zones would not work inside Syria for people fleeing the country's nearly six-year-old war. U.S. President Donald Trump said last week he would "absolutely do safe zones in Syria" for refugees escaping violence and that...

(Washington Post)- President Trump is “foolish” and has ignited the “flame of jihad” with a raid in Yemen in which civilians were killed, al-Qaeda said Friday in its first official comments on the new U.S. administration.  That the raid came only days after Trump’s vow to...

United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur Michael Lynk on Friday called on UN Security Council and UN General Assembly to stop illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory. Lynk urged "effective diplomatic and political measures to ensure Israeli compliance with Security...