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Acting President Iliana Yotova won the runoff election to become Bulgaria's first elected female head of state and said she will work for national consensus by bridging political rifts.

President Trump's attempts to block noncitizens from casting ballots may be striking out in the courts, but there's a good chance he's scared many of them into staying home rather than risking it.

Qatari mediators continue to ferry peace proposals between Washington and Tehran, officials from Iran and the U.S. said Sunday, as fears of an escalation in the eight-month-old war loom ahead of this week's midterm elections.

The State Department has approved the sale of 500 Patriot interceptor missiles to Ukraine for an estimated price of $2.1 billion.

Police in London said that 139 people were arrested at a demonstration Saturday outside the U.S. Embassy in support of the banned protest group Palestine Action.

Taiwan's coast guard accused China of harassment after a Chinese vessel entered restricted waters near a disputed coral island administered by Taiwan in the South China Sea.

Two Chinese nationals convicted of spying as unregistered agents were sentenced to prison in California for collaborating with China's Ministry of State Security intelligence service, the Justice Department said Friday.

Israel certified its election results Friday, confirming that the Jewish state's minority Arab population will control a record 19 seats in the Knesset -- enough, at least on paper, to break the stalemate between incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin ...

U.S. Navy sailors and their families should expect extra-long sea deployments for the foreseeable future.

President Trump appeared to link Russia's release of American hostage Stephen Hubbard to his decision to suspend economic sanctions against Moscow.