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The meeting between Gulf countries planned for Monday in Oman has been canceled, the Foreign Ministry of Iran announced, as the war between Saudi-aligned government forces in Yemen and Houthi rebels escalates.

Poland pledged increased security along its border with Ukraine after a wave of Russian drone strikes near the frontier, including two that landed within kilometers of Polish territory.

Iran on Monday condemned the exclusion of the head of its Atomic Energy Organization from the annual gathering of the United Nations nuclear agency in Vienna, saying that it constitutes "a serious breach" of Tehran's rights as a member nation.

Hundreds of people queued outside Rome's city hall on Sunday to pay their last respects to Emma Bonino, the prominent Italian politician and human rights campaigner who died on Friday, aged 78.

Kosovo lawmakers on Sunday voted into office a new government of Prime Minister Albin Kurti following an early election in June in the small Balkan nation that remains locked in a prolonged political crisis.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Sunday that the U.S. must adhere to its "commitments under the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding."

Some people in Ireland can't wait for U.S. President Donald Trump's weekend visit, with its tight security and political tensions, to be over.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday called on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to halt strikes on Russian diesel, saying the attacks are causing a fuel shortage.

Voters in Sweden went to the polls on Sunday for an election that will determine whether a conservative leader remains in charge and a hard-right party wins ministerial jobs for the first time, or whether the center-left returns to power.

The Republican-controlled House and Senate return Monday amid a series of looming national security policy fights.