Turkey's leader said Wednesday that Western countries mocking Islam wanted to "relaunch the Crusades", heightening a confrontation with France over cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad that have stirred anger in Muslim-majority countries. In a speech to lawmakers of his AK Party in parliament,...

The Trump administration lifted a decades-old ban Wednesday that had prohibited US taxpayer funding for Israeli scientific research conducted in Jewish settlements in occupied territory, drawing Palestinian condemnation. With Tuesday's US election approaching, President Donald Trump's move...

The United States and several Western allies Tuesday accused the Syrian government of deliberately delaying the drafting of a new constitution to waste time until presidential elections in 2021, and avoid UN-supervised voting as called for by the UN Security Council. US deputy ambassador...

Germany and France prepared to announce restrictions approaching the level of last spring's blanket lockdowns Wednesday as COVID deaths across Europe rose almost 40 percent in a week, sending financial markets sharply lower on fears of the likely costs. German Chancellor Angela Merkel is...