December 16, 2015

President Hassan Rouhani said Wednesday he expects sanctions on Iran to be lifted by mid-January after the UN nuclear watchdog closed its probe into Iran’s past efforts to develop nuclear weapons. Iran

Ukraine announced on Wednesday the discovery of a document archive from the era of ex-president Viktor Yanukovych, saying it could help push forward investigations into his Moscow-backed rule. “We have in hand

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen faced sharp criticism Wednesday after tweeting a graphic image of an Islamic State beheading in response to a TV journalist who likened her National Front party

Turkish security forces killed eight Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militants as the army launched major operations backed by curfews against the rebels in the troubled southeast, the military said Wednesday. In the

Loyalists and Iran-backed rebels in Yemen are expected on Wednesday to exchange hundreds of fighters held captive following weeks of mediation, tribal and military sources said. News of the potential prisoner swap

The Federal Reserve resumed meeting Wednesday to discuss raising interest rates for the first time since 2006 to end its long crisis stance in monetary policy. The Fed is expected to announce

The wife of jailed Saudi blogger Raif Badawi on Wednesday accepted the European Parliament’s prestigious Sakharov human rights prize on his behalf, urging Arab countries to abandon theocratic diktats and embrace free