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The federal trial of a former Miami congressman accused of secretly lobbying for Venezuela's government during the first Trump administration begins Monday with Secretary of State Marco Rubio set to testify over his interactions with his old friend.

President Donald Trump extended his deadline for Iran to reopen the crucial Strait of Hormuz to international shipping, saying Monday that the U.S. would hold off on threatened strikes against Iranian power plants for five days.

Relief is rippling through financial markets Monday after President Trump said the United States has talked with Iran about a possible end to their war. Oil prices are easing, and stock prices are jumping on Wall Street following severe losses ...

Iran says it forced President Trump to back down from his threats to strike Iranian power plants after Tehran vowed to take out similar facilities in West Asia in retaliation.

Slovenia's president on Monday urged the country's political parties to start talks on forming a new government as soon as possible after a parliamentary election on the weekend in the European Union country ended with no clear winner and the main ...

The U.S. and Iran had "very good and productive" talks about ending hostilities in the Middle East over the weekend, President Trump said Monday.

French former Prime Minister Lionel Jospin, who gave France its 35-hour work week and then withdrew from politics after leading France's Socialist Party to an earth-shaking presidential election defeat against far-right firebrand Jean-Marie Le Pen,

A criminal trial opened in Greece Monday over a train collision that killed 57 people, many of them college students, in a disaster that horrified the country and revealed long-neglected safety failures.

Iranian officials remained adamant Sunday that the Strait of Hormuz would remain closed, despite threats from President Trump that U.S. forces could take out Iran's power plants if the strategic waterway is not opened by Monday.

All seven people aboard a Turkish military helicopter that went down in Qatari territorial waters Friday were confirmed Sunday to have been killed.