The fatalities aboard the Egyptian-owned Tihamah, if confirmed, would mark the first deaths in a Houthi strike on shipping since the Iran war began on February 28.

Results are in from primary races in six states. How did progressive candidates fare against more moderate Democrats in this run-up to the midterm elections? And President Trump has confirmed he secretly swapped planes as he left a NATO summit in Turkey last month.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has threatened to retaliate to Western seizures of its commercial vessels. Speaking on a visit to a Russian warship that was taking part in a naval exercise in

Three of Russia’s largest grain terminals in the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk have halted operations after being damaged in a massive overnight drone attack by Ukraine.

Survivors on Wednesday described frantic passengers pleading with the captain of an overloaded ferry to turn back from strong waves shortly before it capsized and killed at least 44 people on Lake Kariba in Zimbabwe.

Lebanese lawmakers on Tuesday approved a law prohibiting the death penalty, making it the first Middle Eastern country to end capital punishment.

Authorities in Indonesia say rescuers evacuated 172 people and recovered the body of a passenger from a ferry that caught fire Wednesday in rough seas between Bali and Lombok. The Putri Yasmin

Longing to be reunited with her son, Ayten Elhaman was glued to ​the television all day as Turkey’s parliament debated and passed a law this week enabling Kurdish militants to return home under a peace process to end ‌their decades-old insurgency.