Iran says it will develop nuclear-powered ships after US extends sanctions
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has ordered his officials to develop nuclear-powered ships, accusing the United States of violating last year's international nuclear deal. World...
Iran Races to Clinch Oil Deals Before Donald Trump Takes Office
TEHRAN — President Hassan Rouhani of Iran is racing to sign as many oil deals with Western companies as he can before hard-liners at home...
‘They Are Slaughtering Us Like Animals’
Inside President Rodrigo Duterte’s brutal antidrug campaign in the Philippines, our photojournalist documented 57 homicide victims over 35 days. YOU HEAR A MURDER SCENE before...
The year Saudi Arabia wants to forget
Saudi Arabia had a bad 2016. Only in the second year of King Salman bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud's rule, the kingdom faced low oil...
Will Ivanka Trump Be the Most Powerful First Daughter in History?
Ivanka Trump is about to become the most influential first daughter since Alice Roosevelt Longworth. But can she do so without damaging her own...
Business Since Birth: Trump’s Children and the Tangle That Awaits
When Donald J. Trump hosted a foreign leader for the first time as president-elect, the guest list included a curious entry: Mr. Trump’s daughter...
Army Blocks Drilling of Dakota Access Oil Pipeline
CANNON BALL, N.D. — The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe won a major victory on Sunday in its battle to block an oil pipeline being...
Trump breaks US policy stance with direct Taiwan call
US President-elect Donald Trump has spoken directly with the president of Taiwan - breaking with US policy set in 1979 when formal relations were...
Philippines’ deadly drug war praised by Donald Trump, says Rodrigo Duterte
US President-elect Donald Trump has praised Philippines leader Rodrigo Duterte for his controversial war on drugs in which thousands have died, Duterte said on Saturday...
Did Obama just sign the last waiver before Trump moves the U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem?
JERUSALEM — As he has every six months of his administration, President Obama signed a waiver Thursday ordering the U.S. Embassy in Israel to...
U.S.-led coalition in Iraq and Syria acknowledges 54 civilians killed in airstrikes
The Pentagon on Thursday significantly raised its estimate for the number of civilians killed in U.S.-led coalition airstrikes in Iraq and Syria, admitting there...
A Subdued Vladimir Putin Calls for ‘Mutually Beneficial’ Ties With U.S.
MOSCOW — After the outpouring of euphoria among Russia’s political elite over the victory of Donald J. Trump, President Vladimir V. Putin on Thursday...