Author: Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY

The U.S. extradition request for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is a test case of media freedoms and the global reach of the U.S. justice system.

China expelled three Wall Street Journal reporters in retaliation for a headline on a column about coronavirus that Beijing said was “racist.”

At the stroke of 11 pm on Jan. 31, the United Kingdom will formally leave the European Union, becoming the first country ever to do so.

Palestinians branded Donald Trump’s Middle East peace plan – dismissively, because of his real estate roots – the “Deal of the Century.”

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called President Donald Trump a “clown” as he led Friday prayers in Tehran for the first time since 2012.

Dmitry Medvedev made the announcement after Vladimir Putin unveiled a series of changes Medvedev said would alter the country’s balance of power.

Iranian media said the arrests came after wide investigations. President Hassan Rouhani called shooting down the plane “painful and unforgivable.”

Amid intensifying tensions between Tehran and Washington, the U.S. Navy is in Iran’s crosshairs.

The Iran attack represents perhaps the most aggressive assault on U.S. interests by Iran since it seized the U.S. Embassy in Tehran in 1979.