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Jordanian King Abdullah II again warned Israel Thursday against any move to change the status quo at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque compound, while reiterating calls for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Malawi President Peter Mutharika said Thursday the country had received a grant of $332 million (292 million euros) to fight AIDS and other diseases, bringing much-needed support to a nation wrestling with

Slovenia’s Constitutional Court on Thursday gave the go-ahead for a referendum on whether to implement legislation allowing gay marriage, an issue that has divided the central European nation. The court’s decision comes

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani will visit Pope Francis on November 14, the Vatican announced Thursday in the latest sign of relatively warm relations between the Holy See and the Islamic Republic. Rohani

The European Union said it will sign next Tuesday a long-awaited accord with Kosovo on closer ties which could open the way to membership for the small Balkan country. Kosovo declared independence

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani moved Thursday to dispel concerns voiced by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei over Iran’s landmark nuclear deal, insisting Tehran would carry out its obligations while monitoring the actions of world

A masked man brandishing a sword broke into a school in southwestern Sweden on Thursday, killing a teacher and wounding two children before being shot and wounded by police. The attack took

The founder of the Confucius Peace Prize, a would-be Chinese rival to the Nobel, on Thursday defended this year’s award to Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, who has often been accused of rights

Over 30,000 people in South Sudan’s war-zone regions face death by starvation, the United Nations said Thursday, warning that “tens of thousands” more are on the “brink of famine.” While an official