British foreign minister Dominic Raab said Sunday he had spoken to Iraq's prime minister and president to urge a deescalation of tensions in the region following the killing of a top Iranian military commander by the United States. Raab, who described Iranian military commander Qassem...

Saudi Arabia was not consulted by Washington over a US drone strike that killed a top Iranian general, an official said Sunday, as the kingdom sought to defuse soaring regional tensions. Saudi Arabia is vulnerable to possible Iranian reprisals after Tehran vowed "revenge" following the...

Japan’s justice minister on Sunday called the flight of former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn as he awaited trial on financial misconduct charges inexcusable and vowed to strengthen immigration checks. Justice Minister Masako Mori said she had ordered an investigation after Ghosn issued a...

Opposition leader Juan Guaido is confident he will be re-elected as Venezuela's parliament speaker on Sunday, even though he says opponents offered bribes to lawmakers to vote against him. Guaido, 36, issued a statement on Friday addressed to the "international community" announcing that...