To Lam was reelected Friday as general secretary of Vietnam’s ruling Communist Party and appears poised to become the country’s most powerful figure in decades, with analysts expecting him to assume the presidency in a break from Vietnam’s tradition of collective leadership.

While the first trilateral talks between Ukraine, Russia and the U.S. are a milestone, the issue of territorial concessions remains the key sticking point

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi dissolved the lower house of parliament on Friday, paving the way for an early election on Feb. 8. The move is an attempt to capitalize on her popularity to help the governing party regain ground after major losses in recent years,

Syria's government forces have taken control of a prison housing Islamic State group members in the country's north

French prosecutors have opened an investigation into an oil tanker intercepted by the French navy in the Mediterranean Sea.

Ukrainian, Russian and American negotiators were expected to hold meetings on Friday in the United Arab Emirates, the latest in a flurry of diplomatic efforts to end the war in Ukraine. Read more › President Trump rescinded on Thursday his invitation for Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada to join his “Board of Peace,

The Trump administration said Thursday it’s restructuring, revising or eliminating about $83 billion in financing from the Energy Department’s green bank after reviewing transactions approved under former President Joe Biden.

A prominent activist who organized Hong Kong’s decades-old vigil commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen Square military crackdown on democracy protesters said Friday that her group's demand for “ending one-party rule" was a call for democratization,