WASHINGTON: Western intermediaries are trying to persuade archfoes Iran and the United States to cooperate on bolstering security in Afghanistan as U.S....
WASHINGTON: Iran’s release last month of Nizar Zakka, a Lebanese businessman with permanent residency in the United States, after four years in prison...
ANKARA/WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump's declaration in a phone call with Recep Tayyip Erdogan that he was pulling U.S. troops from Syria has stunned...
WASHINGTON/RIYADH: The leader of Saudi Arabia promised U.S. President Donald Trump that he can raise oil production if needed and the country has 2 million...
WASHINGTON: U.S. President Donald Trump signed a presidential memorandum Thursday that could impose tariffs on up to $60 billion of imports from China,...
WASHINGTON: The United States Wednesday laid down a tough line for modernizing the North American Free Trade Agreement, demanding major changes to the pact...
LONDON: Britain and the United States said on Sunday they were considering imposing additional sanctions on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his...
CAIRO/RIYADH: Saudi Arabia said all options were open including ground operations to stop mortar attacks on its border towns by Yemen's Houthi militia, as...
NAIROBI: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Kenya Sunday to offer help in countering Somali Al-Shabaab militants who have staged deadly attacks...
LAUSANNE, Switzerland: The United States and Iran inched closer to a political deal that would set the stage for a landmark nuclear agreement, but a U.S....
SHARM AL-SHEIKH, Egypt: The United States will have to negotiate with Syrian President Bashar Assad for a political transition in Syria and is exploring ways...
WASHINGTON: The United States on Wednesday condemned what it called "an act of violence" and called for calm after Hezbollah militants fired a...
ROME: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said before talks Monday with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry that he would defy any United Nations move to...
BRUSSELS: The U.S.-led coalition has inflicted serious damage on ISIS, carrying out around 1,000 airstrikes so far in Iraq and Syria, but the fight against...
WASHINGTON: The United States on Monday played down the idea of creating a buffer zone along the Syria-Turkish border after a media report cited it as a...
WASHINGTON: British singer and activist Elton John said on Friday a new $7 million partnership between his foundation and U.S. government agencies will help...
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON: The United States and Russia see ISIS as a common enemy but are failing to overcome deep mutual distrust and agree on how to tackle the...
WASHINGTON: Oscar-winning actress Reese Witherspoon chose a subdued role in her latest film "The Good Lie," a drama about Sudanese refugee children who end up...
KABUL: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Afghanistan on Thursday for his second visit in under a month to push a deal between the country's two...
WASHINGTON: When President Barack Obama made his first extended trip to Africa last year as the world’s most powerful leader, he tried to assuage a continent...
WASHINGTON: The United States will announce nearly $1 billion in business deals, increase funding for peacekeeping and commit billions of dollars to expanding...
KABUL: It was late Saturday evening in a fourth-floor room of the U.S. ambassador’s residence in Kabul that the election crisis in Afghanistan that had...
SHANNON, Ireland: Saudi King Abdullah pledged in talks with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to use his influence to encourage Sunni Muslims to join a new,...
BAGHDAD: Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday promised "intense and sustained" U.S. support for Iraq, but said the divided country would only...
WASHINGTON: Since Syrians rose up more than three years ago against longtime President Bashar al-Assad, U.S. President Barack Obama has had a clear message:...