Secretary of State Mike Pompeo held talks on North Korea with his Japanese and South Korean counterparts ahead of a summit between Pyongyang's leader and the US president, the State Department said Monday. The phone calls, which took place on January 20, come after President Donald Trump...

The Afghan Taliban said on Monday they have resumed talks with the U.S. envoy in Qatar. In a short message, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahed noted talks in Doha will continue on Tuesday.  "Following American acceptance of the agenda of ending invasion of Afghanistan and...

France has summoned Italy's ambassador to protest about comments by Italian Deputy Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio, who accused Paris of continuing to colonise Africa and causing people to migrate from the continent, a government source told AFP. The ambassador was summoned Monday after the...

Jordan on Monday hit out at Israel's move to open a new international airport along their shared border close to the Red Sea, saying it would threaten the kingdom's airspace. "Jordan rejects the establishment of the Israeli airport in its current location," head of Jordan's Civil Aviation...

The Greek parliament is expected to vote Thursday on a deal to change Macedonia's name to the Republic of North Macedonia amid deep social division and a crisis in centrist political parties. Lawmakers will debate the draft name-change deal between Greece and Macedonia on Wednesday, Athens...

Ireland's foreign minister said Monday that Britain has ruled out seeking to change the Good Friday Agreement, after reports that London may try to do so to unlock the Brexit deadlock. Speaking after talks with his British counterpart, Simon Coveney welcomed the confirmation that London...

Madrid taxi drivers began an open-ended strike Monday against online ride-hailing services like Uber, joining their counterparts in Barcelona who walked off the job three days ago. Barcelona's striking taxi drivers, many wearing yellow vests like protesters against the government in...

British Prime Minister Theresa May promised on Monday to be more open with Parliament in negotiating the future relationship with the European Union and to ease the concerns of lawmakers over the divorce deal to win their agreement. Highlighting three changes to her Brexit approach, May...

A group of soldiers calling for an uprising against the Venezuelan government were reportedly arrested on Monday. "A small group of soldiers were arrested who betrayed their oath of allegiance to the homeland," said a statement published on Twitter accounts of Television of Venezuela and...

The European Union on Monday added 11 businessmen and five entities to the sanction list as part of restrictive measures against Syria’s Bashar al-Assad regime and its supporters. In a statement, the European Commission said the sanctions list now includes 270 persons and 72 entities that...

Sinan Selen, a senior counterterrorism expert with Turkish roots, has been officially appointed as the vice president of Germany’s domestic intelligence agency BfV. Interior Minister Horst Seehofer announced Selen’s appointment at an official ceremony at the headquarters of the BfV in...

Judicial authorities in Bahrain have ordered the dissolution of the opposition National Democratic Action Society (Waad), members of which were convicted earlier for “committing grave violations” and “supporting terrorism”. On Monday, Bahrain’s Court of Cassation dismissed a final appeal...

As Emmanuel Macron prepares to pitch a dynamic new France to dozens of business leaders on Monday, many are wondering if the former banker can first win over his opponents. Macron is gathering 150 top executives at the sumptuous Versailles palace for the second edition of his "Choose...

A suicide car bomb attack on a military convoy in northeastern Syria on Monday killed five members of a Kurdish-led force accompanying US troops in an anti-jihadist coalition, a monitor said. The attack, claimed by the Islamic State group, came less than a week after another deadly attack...

The European Council on Monday sanctioned nine individuals under the new regime of restrictive measures against use and proliferation of chemical weapons. In a statement, the European Council said the sanctions have been imposed on head and deputy head of the Russian military intelligence...

Hamas and the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) have both condemned an Israeli air attack carried out Sunday night inside Syrian territory. “We condemn this Israeli aggression, which only serves to reconfirm that the Zionist entity is the main enemy of the Ummah [i.e.,...

The Thai government's chief peace negotiator has reiterated that he is "ready to sit and talk with anybody," according to media reports on Monday. Gen. Udomchai Thammasaroraj's statement comes after Mara Patani -- a separatist umbrella group which claims to be a political wing of insurgent...

Sudanese opposition groups vowed Monday to continue protests for the resignation of President Omar al-Bashir amid public anger over chronic economic woes.  "Our cause is sincere and we will not lose hope even if demonstrations continue for years,” the Sudanese Professionals Association...

Venezuela's deputy to the National Assembly for Petare on Sunday said the army will see that they have been supporting the "wrong" political regime which has been "usurping" power. Referring to a major opposition rally slated for Jan. 23, Miguel Pizarro said it will be the day the citizens...

Germany has banned Iran’s Mahan Air from operating flights in and out of the country, officials said on Monday. Deputy foreign ministry spokesman Christofer Burger told a news conference in Berlin that the decision was taken to protect “foreign policy and security interests” of Germany....