US President Donald Trump offered some backhanded praise for North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un, calling him "a pretty smart cookie" in a television interview that aired Sunday. Trump's almost admiring remarks came amid soaring tensions with North Korea over its missile and nuclear programs,...

( The Guardian )- The Iranian founder of a popular Farsi-language satellite television network has been shot dead in Istanbul alongside a Kuwaiti business partner, according to Turkish media, months after reportedly being convicted of spreading “propaganda” against the Islamic Republic....

Tunisian police killed on Islamist militant and another died when he detonated his suicide explosive belt during an exchange of gunfire after a raid in the central city of Sidi Bouzid, a government official said on Sunday. Tunisia's armed forces have been cracking down militants allied to...

 An Iranian filmmaker imprisoned over his work has been released from prison after serving about five months of his yearlong sentence. Keywan Karimi told The Associated Press on Sunday that he did not receive any of the 223 lashes that was part of his sentence. Karimi says: "I want...