Incompatibility fears raise calls for election postponement in Tunisia

Strike on Crimea airbase suggests Ukraine has longer-range missiles

China reaffirms threat of military force to annex Taiwan

Iran jails Bahai faith leaders and demolishes homes in religious crackdown

Public sector strike cripples cash-strapped Lebanon

Sharia law returns to Afghanistan as Taliban confirms public whippings

Palestinians say Israel troops kill 3 in West Bank raid

Russia suspends US inspections of its nuclear weapons arsenal

Fighting around Ukraine nuclear plant ‘suicidal’, says UN

The UN has warned of the “suicidal” danger of fighting around Europe’s biggest nuclear power plant after Ukraine and Russia accused each other of shelling the site over the weekend, raising fears of ...

Fragile cease-fire between Israel, Gaza militants holding

A fragile cease-fire deal to end nearly three days of fighting between Israel and Palestinian militants in Gaza held into Monday morning — a sign the latest round of violence may have abated. The ...

Iran, U.S. Close In on Nuclear Deal Text but Hurdles Remain

Negotiations between Iran and the U.S. on reviving the 2015 nuclear deal are close to completion, the European Union’s senior negotiator at the talks said Sunday evening, but it remained unclear ...

Russian threatens to sue Shapps over online video of superyacht seizure

Afghan girls’ plea: Dear world, don’t forget our education

Girl, 5, killed in Israeli missile strikes on Gaza died with her cousin as brother, 6, injured

One of my sons died when he fell from a plane at Kabul airport, and I still don’t know the other’s fate