international relations

AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — The interiors of two mosques at a sensitive Jerusalem holy site will be exempt from monitoring by security cameras, Jordan's king...

JERUSALEM (AP) — Over a seven-decade career in politics, Shimon Peres has helped guide Israel through wars and existential threats. But now, with the ...

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey's ruling party secured a stunning victory in Sunday's snap parliamentary election, sweeping back into single-party rule o...

PARIS (AP) — French President Francois Hollande hopes to use a state visit to China to boost difficult climate negotiations, a month before a U.N. con...

SAMARKAND, Uzbekistan (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met with some of the world's most repressive governments Sunday, hoping to deepen Amer...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The leaders of South Korea, China and Japan will meet Sunday for their first summit talks in more than three years as the No...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States escalated its fight against the Islamic State in Syria on Friday, pledging the first open deployment of military b...

VIENNA (AP) — The United States, Russia and other regional and world powers considered a new plan Friday to set up a cease-fire in Syria within four t...

LESBOS, Greece (AP) — Greece's prime minister lashed out Friday at European "ineptness" in handling the continent's massive immigration crisis after 3...

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Twenty years after Yitzhak Rabin was gunned down by a Jewish extremist opposed to his negotiations with the Palestinians, Isra...

VIENNA (AP) — The success or failure of the Syrian peace talks this week is tied to the fate of one man who's not even at the table: President Bashar ...

ISTANBUL (AP) — As extremist violence and political uncertainty cast a shadow over Turkey, voters are looking for Sunday's parliamentary election to u...

ZANZIBAR, Tanzania (AP) — The political future of Zanzibar, a semiautonomous archipelago off the coast of Tanzania, was thrown into doubt Wednesday wh...

BEIJING (AP) — A U.S. Navy warship sailed past one of China's artificial islands in the South China Sea on Tuesday, in a challenge to Chinese sovereig...

LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II plans to lead a royal entourage to Malta in late November for the Commonwealth heads of government meeting. Buckingha...

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — President Bashar Assad is willing to run in an early presidential election, hold parliamentary elections and discuss constituti...

OPATOVAC, Croatia (AP) — The latest news as asylum-seekers make their way across Europe by the tens of thousands, fleeing war or seeking a better life...

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...

LATAKIA, Syria (AP) — Nearly a month of Russian airstrikes in Syria has boosted morale at a refugee camp in a suburb of this coastal city, where resid...