UN Security Council on Friday urged warring factions in Libya to de-escalate tensions and agree to a ceasefire, and condemned an attack on a migrant detention center near the country's capital.  This is the first statement passed by the Council since fighting erupted in April. It also...

Turkey has sacked the governor of its Central Bank and replaced him with his deputy, a presidential decree published in the official gazette said Saturday. Murat Cetinkaya, who was appointed to the role in April 2016, was replaced by Murat Uysal, the decree said, but gave no official reason...

A Syrian regime bombardment has killed 14 civilians, including seven children, in northwestern Syria, a war monitor said Saturday, in the latest deadly raids on the embattled opposition bastion. Warplanes and helicopters late Friday carried out air strikes on the village of Mahambel in...

Venezuela’s bitterly divided political factions held competing commemorations of the country’s independence day on Friday, with President Nicolas Maduro calling for dialogue and opposition leader Juan Guaido decrying alleged human rights violations by Maduro’s “dictatorship.”...