The president, who insists he wants to avoid a Middle East war, faces a difficult choice: step back to reduce tensions or act unilaterally and risk confrontation. The administration’s critics say it is trying to provoke Iran to break the 2015... >>>

The archbishop wore a hard-hat helmet, burnt wood debris was still visible and only about 30 people were let inside, but Notre Dame Cathedral on Saturday held its first Mass since the devastating April 15th fire ravaged its roof and toppled its... >>>

Long lines of migrants, mostly Central Americans, line up daily outside the Tapachula offices of the refugee agencies of Mexico and the United Nations. Meanwhile, a polyglot throng including people from Africa, Asia and the Caribbean regularly... >>>

The Mayor of London said he was "sickened" after a bloody night in the city saw four people stabbed and a teenager shot dead, in a spate of separate incidents that further highlight the surge in violent crime in Britain's capital. Police said 14... >>>

A British-Iranian aid worker jailed in Tehran has begun a hunger strike to demand release, her husband said on Saturday, adding he would support her by fasting outside Iran's embassy in London. Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a project manager with the... >>>

The attacks on two tankers in the Gulf of Oman on Thursday have again sent the United States and Iran, two longtime adversaries, hurtling toward potential... >>>

As Mexico pledges to step up its efforts to stop migrants from crossing its territory to reach the U.S., it is facing an upsurge in asylum requests at its own southern border. At the offices of the federal refugee agency in Tapachula, near the... >>>

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The United States has allowed Iraq to import Iranian gas for its power grid for another three months by extending a waiver to U.S. sanctions for Baghdad, two government sources said on Saturday. One of the sources, who asked not to be named, said... >>>

In the hours before the attack on the two tankers in the Gulf of Oman on Thursday, the Iranians spotted a US drone flying overhead and launched a surface-to-air missile at the unmanned aircraft, a US official told CNN.... >>>

Worshippers in hard hats to attend Notre-Dame's first mass since... >>>

Zuzana Caputova had been battling to close a toxic landfill in her hometown, Pezinok, in southwestern Slovakia for years when she learned that the wife of her closest colleague had been stricken with an aggressive form of... >>>

The Iraqi military says three mortar shells have hit an air base just north of Baghdad where American trainers are present, causing a small fire but no casualties. The military statement says the attack on Balad air base occurred early... >>>

The couple gazes brightly at the camera, posing for a selfie like the thousands posted on Instagram every day. "Here we go Wish us, 'Buon viaggio!'" the accompanying caption reads. Such hopes for "a good trip" would be unremarkable, were it not for... >>>

Venice is straining under the huge numbers of visitors that flock to see its canals and architecture. The Italian city has plans to restrict them, but will these measures allay fears it will become a theme... >>>