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The Washington-based Atlantic Council is calling for a permanent American military presence in the Balkans to stabilize southeastern Europe amid increased Russian efforts to exert political influence across the region.

A federal jury in Washington on Tuesday convicted a Libyan man of terrorism in the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, but acquitted him of the most serious charge, murder.

Myanmar's military chief said he told Pope Francis that there is "no religious discrimination" in his country, where violence against Rohingya Muslims has been termed "ethnic cleansing" by the United States.

Turkish officials say they are watching to see whether the United States will honor a promise, which they claim was made by U.S. President Donald Trump to his Turkish counterpart last week, to cut off the supply of arms to Kurdish militias that played a key role in defeating Islamic State militants in Syria.

A battle over who is in charge of a government office erupted in Washington Monday, involving dueling emails, lawsuits, and free doughnuts.

White House budget chief Mick Mulvaney and Obama administration holdover Leandra English both say they are acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Agency — and both showed up for work Monday morning to take over the same job.

English, the bureau’s deputy director, welcomed back employees to the office after the Thanksgiving holiday.

On 25 November 2017, a shipment of vaccines is delivered to the Sana’a International airport, bringing in15 tonnes of BCG, Penta and PCV vaccine supplies to protect Yemeni children from diseases such as diphtheria and tetanus.

Staffan de Mistura, UN Special Envoy for Syria, briefs the Security Council, via video conference.

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes China’s contribution to provide food assistance to Afghan and Iraqi refugees and promote education for refugee girls residing in the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Sufi Muslims in Egypt say they plan to continue plans for an annual celebration of the birthday of their prophet, Mohammed, even as the country reels from the massacre at a Sinai mosque that killed 305 worshippers and wounded another 128.

UNHCR is deeply disturbed by the forcible removal of refugees and asylum-seekers from the former ‘Regional Processing Centre’ on Manus Island, on November 24. The beating of refugees and asylum-seekers by uniformed officers with metal poles, shown by footage released, on November 24, is both shocking and inexcusable.