President Donald Trump on Monday scoffed at Iran’s demand for reparations for devastation caused to the country by the U.S. and Israeli bombardment over the past five months — a demand he said Tehran’s negotiators hadn't raised until now.

While the Israeli leader touts a willingness to defy the U.S. on Gaza, the president needs to show progress in the foreign entanglements weighing on his approval rating.

At least 2,000 people have died among the confirmed cases in Congo's Ebola outbreak that is the fastest spreading on record, according to the latest government data.

Turkey's parliament approved legislation that would introduce a conditional pardon for thousands of Kurdish militants in a bid to advance the government's peace initiative with their insurgent group.

Indonesian firefighters have mostly contained a wildfire that has burned nearly 900 hectares in Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park. Officials said Tuesday that crews were still battling several

Shares were mixed in Asia, while oil prices gained more than 2% after jumping the day before due to uncertainty over when the Strait of Hormuz may reopen, getting the global flow of crude going again.

Recent polls showed the liberal-leaning Yabloko could have won seats in the parliamentary elections next month.

Thailand suspended a controversial program that allowed police and local officials to buy discounted firearms and tightened gun controls after a student killed eight people in the country’s deadliest school attack in recent years.