ISLAMABAD — The Taliban announced Wednesday they are sending a high-level delegation to Pakistan's capital as part of a tour that has included Russia, China and Iran in a push to resurrect an Afghanistan peace deal with Washington that seemed imminent just a month ago. Taliban spokesman Suhail Shaheen said...
Top UK Court: Johnson’s Suspension of Parliament Was Illegal
LONDON — In a major blow to Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Britain's highest court ruled Tuesday that his decision to suspend Parliament for five weeks in the crucial countdown to the country's Brexit deadline was illegal. The unanimous, strongly worded Supreme Court judgment declared Johnson's order to suspend Parliament "void and of...
Iran Official Calls Netanyahu's Atomic Claims 'Obscene Charge'
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's foreign minister denounced Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's allegations against Tehran at the U.N. General Assembly as an "obscene charge," the state-run IRNA news agency reported Friday. The response came after Netanyahu on Thursday claimed at the General Assembly that Iran has a "secret atomic warehouse"...
Israel, Palestinians on Agenda at UN General Assembly
UNITED NATIONS — Israeli and Palestinian leaders prepared Thursday to take center stage within an hour of each other at the U.N. General Assembly. Their speeches come a day after Donald Trump suggested for the first time as U.S. president that he "liked" a two-state solution as the most effective...