By ADAM SCHRECK and NASSER KARIMI, Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's President Hassan Rouhani won re-election by a wide margin Saturday, giving the moderate cleric a second four-year term to see out his agenda pushing for greater freedoms and outreach to the wider world. The ...

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Accompanying her husband on his first international trip, U.S. first lady Melania Trump on Saturday stepped off of Air Force One conservatively dressed in long sleeves and pants to conform to the strict dress code that Saudi Arabia enforces for its female citizens. ...

By NICOLE WINFIELD, Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis embraced weeping mothers, fathers and children with Huntington's Disease on Thursday as he sought to remove the stigma of an incurable genetic disorder that causes such devastating physical and psychiatric effects that its ...

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met Thursday with a special envoy sent by new South Korean President Moon Jae-in as the two countries attempted to mend a rift in ties over the deployment of a high-tech American missile defense system in South Korea to guard against North ...

By BABA AHMED, Associated Press BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — A local official says a couple has been stoned to death in northern Mali after extremists accused them of conducting an extramarital affair. The official says Tuesday's killing of a Tuareg couple in Taghlite was ordered by the former mayor ...

BEIRUT (AP) — The Islamic State group attacked several government-held villages in central Syria on Thursday, capturing at least one of them in violence that left dozens of people dead, including three members of the same family. The attack in the central Hama province targeted villages ...

By LORNE COOK and LORI HINNANT, Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The intelligence behind plans to broaden a U.S. ban on in-flight laptops and tablets to include planes from Europe took center stage on Wednesday as American and European officials met to discuss the looming decision. The ...

By ELENA BECATOROS and DEREK GATOPOULOS, Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — An anti-austerity rally in Greece's capital turned violent Wednesday as a general strike halted flights, ferries and public transportation, and thousands joined protest marches across the country. A small group ...

By ABDI GULED, Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Three bomb disposal experts were killed in a car bomb blast west of Somalia's capital on Wednesday, police said. The bomb detonated as the experts were trying to dismantle a car laden with explosives that security forces seized in ...

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey's state-run news agency says a court has announced that the first hearing for 57 suspects involved in the deadly New Year's nightclub attack in Istanbul will take place in December. Shooter Abdulkadir Masharipov, an Uzbek citizen who was caught two weeks after the ...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Gunmen stormed the local headquarters of Afghanistan's state media in the eastern Nangarhar province on Wednesday, setting off clashes that killed seven people and wounded at least 18, officials said. Interior Ministry spokesman Najib Danish said the attack began ...

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Three fires in southern Sweden apparently aimed at refugees are being investigated as arson, Swedish authorities said Wednesday. No injuries have been reported and no arrests have been made. But police said in separate statements Wednesday that more than 300 asylum seekers ...

By FOSTER KLUG, Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Monday boasted of a successful weekend launch of a new type of "medium long-range" ballistic rocket that can carry a heavy nuclear warhead. Outsiders also saw a significant technological jump, with the test-fire ...

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin, who whiled away the time playing the piano while waiting Sunday for the Chinese leader, says he has not decided yet what he would play when he meets U.S. President Donald Trump. U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson met Putin with in April, ...

By JOSH LEDERMAN and VIVIAN SALAMA, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is on a collision course with its NATO ally Turkey, pushing ahead with arming Syrian Kurds after deciding the immediate objective of defeating Islamic State militants outweighs the potential damage to a ...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A conservative candidate dropped out of Iran's presidential election on Monday to back a hard-liner, state television reported, narrowing the field of those hoping to unseat moderate President Hassan Rouhani. The report said Tehran Mayor Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf made the ...

By SYLVIE CORBET, Associated Press PARIS (AP) — On his first full day in office, France's freshly inaugurated President Emmanuel Macron was moving quickly Monday on fronts foreign and domestic, with a scheduled first presidential trip to Berlin for talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel and the ...

By YURI KAGEYAMA and LOUISE WATT, Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The worldwide "ransomware" cyberattack spread to thousands of more computers on Monday as people logged in at work, disrupting business, schools, hospitals and daily life, though no new large-scale breakdowns were reported. In ...

By NASSER KARIMI, Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's presidential election may turn on turnout. Historically, the more Iranians who cast ballots, the greater the chance a reformist or a moderate like incumbent President Hassan Rouhani will be elected. However, Rouhani's bid for ...

BARI, Italy (AP) — U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says major trading partners "are much more comfortable" with the Trump administration's trade policies and understand U.S. growth will benefit them. Mnuchin spoke after face-to-face meetings with major trade partners such as Germany, ...