international incidents

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — All 10 U.S. Navy sailors detained by Iran after their two small boats allegedly drifted into Iranian territorial waters around one...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The latest on North Korea's announcement that it conducted a hydrogen bomb test Wednesday (all times Seoul): 5:31 a.m. Thurs...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's president said on Tuesday that Saudi Arabia cannot "cover up" its crime of executing a leading Shiite cleric by severing di...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Allies of Saudi Arabia followed the kingdom's lead Monday and scaled back diplomatic ties to Iran after the ransack...

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — The latest developments after Saudi Arabia executes a prominent opposition Shiite cleric convicted of terrorism charges, s...

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Boko Haram Islamic extremists struck a city and a town in northeastern Nigeria with rocket-propelled grenades and multiple s...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis issued a Christmas Day prayer that recent U.N.-backed peace processes for Syria and Libya will quickly end the suffer...

BEIRUT (AP) — A U.S.-backed coalition of rebels in Syria — including Syrian Kurdish, Arab and Christian groups — captured several areas in the country...

BEIRUT (AP) — A Lebanese man convicted of one of the most notorious attacks in Israel's history and who spent nearly three decades in an Israeli priso...

JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli rights group says Israeli security forces in some cases used "excessive and unwarranted" force in killing Palestinians who...

JERUSALEM (AP) — A Russian jet recently penetrated Israeli airspace but was not shot down thanks to an open communication system between the two count...

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The latest developments regarding the war in Syria. All times local. 4:45 p.m. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says he su...

BEIRUT (AP) — The latest developments regarding the war in Syria. All times local. 10:20 p.m. French President Francois Hollande says the downing of a...

France calls for EU security aid, launches new airstrikes on Islamic State stronghold of RaqqaThe Latest: Germany's top security official downplays si...

PARIS (AP) — The latest on the deadly attacks in Paris. (All times local): 7:10 p.m. The Eiffel Tower, which dimmed its lights in mourning following F...

BAGHDAD (AP) — As the deadly attacks in Paris made horrifically clear, the Islamic State group is determined to establish itself as the dominant jihad...

JERUSALEM (AP) — John Kerry's latest Mideast mission has aimed for the modest goal of easing tensions around Jerusalem's most sensitive holy site — th...

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Muslim prayers at a major Jerusalem shrine, the epicenter of weeks of unrest, ended peacefully Friday after Israel lifted r...

JERUSALEM (AP) — The latest developments in a wave of Israeli-Palestinian violence (all times local). ___ 7:15 p.m. The Israeli military says a rocket...

TRNOVEC, Croatia (AP) — The latest news as migrants fleeing war or seeking a better life make their way across Europe by the tens of thousands. All ti...