international relations

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — The scene had echoes of the Paris attacks: A bustling shopping area shaken by the blasts of suicide bombers and gunfire as o...

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish police have arrested one person suspected of a direct link to the deadly suicide bombing that killed 10 Germans in Istanbul's ...

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...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A senior Afghan official on Tuesday warned the Taliban against staying out of the peace process with the government in Kabul...

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Four countries __ Afghanistan, Pakistan, China and the United States __ were cloistered away late into the night Monday trying to lay...

NEW YORK (AP) — Leonardo DiCaprio feels optimistic that the debate over climate change has begun to wane and world leaders are finally starting to tak...

TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — A massive truck bomb exploded near a police base in the western Libyan town of Zliten on Thursday, killing at least 60 policemen...

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — As a Saudi-Iran crisis roils the Middle East, the U.N. special envoy to Syria arrived in Damascus on Friday to lay the groundwo...

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...

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Unpopular after 11 years in power, Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas is starting to face some open machinations from would-b...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration has a vision for Syrian leader Bashar Assad's departure. Even if it works, the president won't be around to...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Soon after the ground shook around its nuclear testing facility, North Korea trumpeted its first hydrogen bomb test — a self...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch foreign minister has called an international conference next week to discuss the global "fight against terror....

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iraq on Wednesday offered to mediate between Saudi Arabia and Iran after tensions soared following the kingdom's execution of a Sh...

HONG KONG (AP) — Five men associated with a Hong Kong publisher known for books critical of China's leaders have vanished one by one in the last three...

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...

Shiite cleric's execution in Sunni-ruled Saudi Arabia exposes Mideast's dangerous divisionsAfter a year of political pregame, 2016 race gives way to a...

PATHANKOT, India (AP) — Indian troops were still battling at least two gunmen Sunday night at an air force base near the border with Pakistan, more th...