GUSAU, Nigeria (AP) — Hundreds of Nigerian schoolgirls abducted last week from a boarding school in the northwestern Zamfara state have been released, the state’s governor said Tuesday. Zamfara state governor Bello Matawalle announced that 279 girls have been freed. The government last...

As a presidential candidate, Joe Biden promised to make a pariah out of Saudi Arabia over the 2018 killing of dissident Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi. But when it came time to actually punish Saudi Arabia’s crown prince, America’s strategic interests prevailed. The Biden administration...

China on Monday reaffirmed that "no foreign country" should interfere in Hong Kong affairs after Australia reportedly granted protection visas to Hong Kong passport holders.   Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin urged Australia to stop interfering in China's internal...

 Pakistan’s landmark, new deal with Qatar for liquefied natural gas at lower rates will save Islamabad a total of about $3 billion over the next 10 years, an adviser to the country’s prime minister said Monday. The agreement, signed last Friday, will save the state $317 million...