A senior Sudanese army commander said a security force assigned to guard a bank in Al-Obeid was responsible for killing children protesting in the city earlier this week, the official SUNA news agency reported Thursday. At least six people were killed at a rally in Al-Obeid, 400 km...

A Palestinian who crossed the Gaza border into Israel overnight shot at Israeli troops, drawing return fire in an incident that left the Palestinian dead and three Israeli soldiers wounded, the army said Thursday. An Israeli tank also targeted a Hamas military post during the incident,...

South Korean chipmakers are hitting a dead end in their quest to find alternatives for key Japanese materials that have been slapped with export restrictions, raising the prospect of major disruption to their operations in the coming months. Japan is now requiring special approval for sales...

North Korea’s latest missile launches did not violate a pledge its leader Kim Jong Un made to U.S. President Donald Trump, a senior U.S. official said on Thursday, but efforts to resume denuclearization talks remained in doubt. Kim oversaw the first test firing of a “new-type large-caliber...

The United States will renew sanctions waivers for Iranian nuclear programs that allow Russia, China and European countries to continue their civilian nuclear cooperation with Tehran, White House national security adviser John Bolton said on Wednesday. “I think the idea here is we are...

The U.S. ambassador to Germany launched a scathing attack on Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government on Thursday for its reluctance to join a naval mission in the Strait of Hormuz, saying Europe’s biggest economy must assume more global responsibility. Relations between the United States and...

 Indonesia is investigating a report that a pregnant Indonesian woman who had joined Islamic State died after allegedly being beaten and tortured in a refugee camp in Syria, a spokesman for the country’s foreign ministry said. Hundreds of Indonesians are believed to have gone to join...

At least seven members of Iraq’s security forces were killed and 16 wounded overnight in two separate attacks by Islamic State militants, police said on Thursday. Three members of the paramilitary Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF) and two policemen were killed in an attack in the Sayed...

U.S. President Donald Trump's senior advisor and son-in-law, Jared Kushner met Wednesday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as part of his Middle East tour. Netanyahu and Kushner met in the official office in West Jerusalem, according to a statement by the Prime Minister’s...

The U.S. has intelligence indicating that the late al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden's son, Hamza, has died, according to multiple reports published Wednesday. NBC News broke the story, citing three anonymous government officials who would not specify where or when Hamza bin Laden died or if...

Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh said Wednesday his country is going through dangerous times as the Israeli government attempts to undermine a two-state solution through its recent policies. In a statement, Shtayyeh said Israel’s violations are taking place thanks to the U.S....

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Thursday that a U.S. decision to impose sanctions on Mohammad Javad Zarif showed Washington is afraid of the top diplomat. "They are afraid of our foreign minister's interviews," Rouhani said in a televised speech, referring to a recent round of...

Yemen's Iran-backed movement said it launched missile and drone attacks Thursday on a military parade in Aden, the seat of the Saudi-backed government, killing several people including a commander. A Reuters witness saw nine bodies on the ground after an explosion hit a military camp...

Libya's national oil company says it has suspended operations at the country's largest oil field following the closure of a pipeline valve, the second halt in just over a week. Wednesday's statement by the National Oil Corporation says an unidentified group on Tuesday closed the pipeline...

Liverpool’s Champions League winning trio of Mohamed Salah, Virgil van Dijk and Sadio Mane joined regulars Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi on the shortlist for The Best FIFA Men’s player award, world soccer’s governing body announced on Wednesday. Salah and Mane shared the Premier League...

Yemen's Houthi rebel group on Wednesday welcomed a visit by a military delegation from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to Iran. "The UAE message from Iran was positive,” Houthi member Mohamed Ali al-Houthi said on Twitter, without providing any further details. On Tuesday, a UAE military...

A representative of Venezuela's opposition leader in the U.S. said the government and opposition will resume talks this week to resolve political unrest in the South American country. However, according to the Washington Post, Carlos Vecchio did not specify the date and venue of the...

At least two children were killed in airstrikes carried out by the Bashar al-Assad regime forces in de-escalation zone in northern Syria on Wednesday, according to sources with the White Helmets civil defense agency.  According to the sources, the airstrikes were conducted in...

Tunisia's liberal prime minister, Youssef Chahed, will run for president in an early election expected on Sept. 15, his Tahaya Tounes party said Wednesday, making him one of the likely frontrunners to succeed Beji Caid Essebsi, who died last week. Essebsi, 92, a secularist who helped guide...

Germany will not participate in a U.S.-led naval mission to secure the Strait of Hormuz, close to Iran, Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said on Wednesday. Stressing that Germany wants to avoid a further escalation of tensions in the region, Maas told reporters on a trip to Warsaw that there was...