Unlike what U.S. president Donald Trump thinks, the nuclear deal between Iran and world powers was a win-win accord, President Hassan Rouhani said Tuesday, noting that the deal can be used as a stepping stone to defuse tension in the region. "The new U.S. president reads text of the nuclear...

Syrian President Bashar Assad said U.S. President Donald Trump's priority of fighting Islamist fundamentalists led by ISIS was promising but it was too early to expect stronger steps, state news agency SANA reported Tuesday. Assad was also quoted as telling a group of Belgian reporters...

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull was left teetering on the brink of a minority government Tuesday when a prominent lawmaker quit to form a new conservative party, more bad news as Turnbull's popularity ratings plumb new lows. The defection of Senator Cory Bernardi to form the...

South Korea's special prosecutor has indicted a former culture minister and a top aide to President Park Geun-hye on charges of abuse of power and perjury for their role in drawing up a blacklist of artists critical of the leader, a spokesman said. Cho Yoon-sun, the former culture minister,...