An American journalist has been kidnapped in Baghdad, U.S. and Iraqi authorities said Tuesday. The journalist, identified as Shelly Kittleson by outlets for which she has written, has reported extensively from the Middle East as a freelance contributor to Al-Monitor,

Far-right supporters of a controversial Israeli death penalty law were popping champagne corks as it cleared the Knesset on Monday night, but its passage has sparked a global chorus of condemnation.

The U.S. on Wednesday lifted sanctions on Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez, according to an Office of Foreign Assets Control entry on the Treasury Department website. The newly announced sanctions relief represents a strong signal that the U.

Global leaders have been scrambling to contain the rising cost of oil and gasoline since the start of the Iran war, which took a record amount of oil off the market when tankers full of crude were stranded in the Persian Gulf and military strikes damaged refineries,

A Russian military transport plane flew into a mountain during a routine flight over occupied Crimea killing all 30 passengers and crew on board.

The first foreign troop tied to a new gang-suppression force backed by the United Nations has arrived in Haiti to help quell ongoing violence. A statement issued Wednesday said the team from

Israel says it's creating a "security zone" inside Lebanon, where homes will be demolished, and residents won't be allowed to return home until people in northern Israel feel safe.

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin warned Armenia, which hopes to eventually join the European Union, that it won’t be able to be part of both the EU and a Moscow-led economic alliance