international relations

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Jason Rezaian, the Washington Post journalist who has been detained in Iran for more than a year on charges including espionage, h...

LONDON (AP) — British police on Monday removed a round-the-clock guard from outside the Ecuadorean Embassy hideout of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange...

BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian troops backed by Russian airstrikes advanced against insurgents in the center of the country as President Vladimir Putin defended...

TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — It was the fall of 2013 and Tunisia's newfound democracy was in grave danger. The assassination of a left-wing politician had pr...

GENEVA (AP) — The latest developments as hundreds of thousands of people seeking safety make an epic trek through Europe. All times local. ___ 7:50 p....

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey's prime minister vowed Monday to take all necessary measures to protect the nation's borders from violation after a Russi...

PARIS (AP) — A summit reviving a European push to bring peace to eastern Ukraine ended Friday with a call for the delay of contentious rebel plans to ...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Syria's foreign minister said Friday that airstrikes against the Islamic State group "are useless" unless they are coordinated w...

PARIS (AP) — The presidents of Russia and France, which both started bombing Syria this week, held talks Friday about their military operations as the...

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian jets carried out a second day of airstrikes in Syria on Thursday, but there were conflicting claims about whether they were targ...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia followed its launch of airstrikes in Syria with a call on Wednesday for the world to unite in the fight against terrorist...

MOSCOW (AP) — The latest developments as Russia and other nations counter Islamic State militants in Syria. All times local: 8:25 p.m. Germany's forei...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas declared before world leaders Wednesday that he is no longer bound by agreements signed with...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — President Barack Obama on Tuesday pledged all possible tools — military, intelligence and economic — to defeat the Islamic State...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The latest developments from the annual U.N. gathering of world leaders at which they're tackling major crises like the refugee ...

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Palestinian demonstrators clashed with Israeli troops across the West Bank on Tuesday, while three tourists were lightly wo...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Making good on a pledge to change U.S. posture toward Cuba, President Barack Obama opened talks Tuesday with Cuban President Rau...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin clashed Monday over their competing visions for Syria, with Oba...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Developments as the United Nations General Assembly marks its 70th year and world leaders debate issues gripping the global comm...

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Saudi Arabia has given foreign diplomats some 1,100 photographs of the dead from last week's hajj crush and stampede, Indian and Paki...