Iran's president said Wednesday that it will stand up to the United States and reciprocate for any new sanctions that Washington imposes on the Islamic republic.Hassan Rouhani's remarks came a day after the Trump administration announced new, non-nuclear sanctions while at the same time warning...

A Moroccan court on Wednesday sentenced 23 Sahrawis to prison terms ranging from two years to life over the killing of 11 members of the Moroccan security forces in contested Western Sahara. The verdict in the case, which has been closely followed by human rights campaigners, was delivered at...

The Trump administration says in a new report that Iran continues to be the world's leading state sponsor of terrorism. The report also notes a drop in the number of terrorist attacks between 2015 and 2016. In its annual "Country Reports on Terrorism" released Wednesday, the State Department...

 The battle for Mosul is all but over after nine months of devastating urban warfare between government forces and Islamic State militants, but Iraqi civilians are suffering in a humanitarian crisis of monumental scale. More than one million people fled their homes in Mosul and nearby...