US long watched Soleimani, but feared risks of a strike
WASHINGTON — In 2007, U.S. commandos watched as a convoy carrying a powerful Iranian military leader made its way to northern Iraq.
Attack on US Embassy exposes widening US-Iraq divide on Iran
WASHINGTON — The New Year's Eve attack on the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad has exposed a deepening divide between the United States and Iraq over ...
Climate change, Brexit divorce: EU faces challenges in 2020
BRUSSELS — December served up a warning of the massive challenges ahead for the European Union.
Israel’s Netanyahu shores up base but obstacles remain
JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shored up his base with a landslide primary victory announced early Friday, but he will need a b...
Japan OKs divisive plan to send naval troops to Mideast
TOKYO — Japan on Friday approved a contentious plan to send its naval troops to the Middle East to ensure the safety of Japanese ships transporting oi...
Israel’s embattled Netanyahu wins landslide in primary
JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has won a landslide victory in a primary election for leadership of the ruling Likud party.
In Florida, Trump says he’s Israel’s best pal in White House
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — President Donald Trump said Saturday that Israel has never had a better friend in the White House than him because, unlike his prede...
Europeans rap Iran for working on nuclear-capable missiles
UNITED NATIONS — France, Germany and the United Kingdom say Iran’s efforts to develop “nuclear-capable ballistic missiles” go against a U.N. Security ...
Germany offers expert group in bid to end NATO rift
BRUSSELS — Germany sought Wednesday to ease French worries about NATO by offering to set up a group of experts to examine the alliance’s security chal...
UN reports increasing violations of Iran nuclear deal
VIENNA — Uranium particles of man-made origin have been discovered at a site in Iran not declared to the United Nations, the U.N. atomic watchdog agen...
The Latest: Iran says working with IAEA to answer questions
VIENNA — The Latest on the Iran nuclear deal (all times local):
Iran alleges UN inspector tested positive for explosives
VIENNA — Iran alleged Thursday that the U.N. inspector it blocked from a nuclear site last week tested positive for suspected traces of explosive nitr...
Europeans look to China as global partner, shun Trump’s US
PARIS — When France's president wants to carry European concerns to the world stage to find solutions for climate change, trade tensions or Iran's nuc...
AP Explains: Iran’s nuclear facility deep inside a mountain
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran's Fordo nuclear facility sits deep inside a mountain, with just one structure visible from space.
Iran to fuel centrifuges in new step away from nuclear deal
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran will start injecting uranium gas into over a thousand centrifuges at a fortified nuclear facility built inside a mountain, the cou...
US extends civil nuclear cooperation waivers for Iran
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is keeping alive one of the last remaining components of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal by extending sanctions waive...