Gadi Eisenkot said building a governing coalition would require “creative and ​unconventional political steps” but said change was needed to restore “sanity.”

Iran warned the United States to accept its proposal for ending the war and opening the Strait of Hormuz or risk renewed fighting.

Seven people were killed and over 100 others injured when two trains collided Sunday south of the Egyptian capital, Cairo, the Chief Prosecutor’s office said in a statement. It also said the train’s conductor was among those killed.

The pontiff’s trip comes amid tensions between the country’s libertarian leader and its Catholic Church, which is deeply committed to social justice.

Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has requested a new passport to facilitate her return from exile two years after she was ousted in a mass uprising. The government has been seeking

Jean-Luc Mélenchon is 75 and he's betting his last shot at France’s presidency on a generation young enough to be his grandchildren

Air quality deteriorated in India's capital Delhi on Monday, after residents celebrating the Hindu festival of lights set off fireworks ​in violation of court orders.

A pastor of a house church in Beijing has been arrested, his wife told The Associated Press this week, as China intensifies its crackdown on unregistered churches. Pastor Xianfeng Edward Cui, who founded Beijing Jiaquan Church,