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EU foreign-policy chief Federica Mogherini says she spoke by telephone with Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif after demonstrators stormed the Saudi Arabian Embassy in Tehran.

Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb claimed responsibility for a presidential-assassination plot in a statement posted on jihadi forums.

Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani has hinted at the possibility Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian could be freed in an exchange for Iranian prisoners.

The wild card would be an attack by Islamic extremists on German soil, especially in the event such an attack were carried out by people who entered Europe in the flood of migrants.

Equities could get a boost from the so-called January effect, when stocks that were sold in December for year-end tax-loss harvesting are bought back at lower prices.

Rwandan President Paul Kagame has effectively been in control since his rebel force marched into Kigali to end the 1994 genocide.

The Polish parliament passed an amendment to the media law that gives a minister authority to appoint managers of state-run radio and television stations.

Jaime Rosenthal, a 80-year-old Honduran banker and politician, was accused of participating in a scheme that moved illicit funds through U.S. accounts.

Missouri and Illinois governors tour disaster areas; Arkansas on alert for more.

The New Year’s Eve conflagration at the 63-story Address Downtown Dubai hotel was the emirate’s third high-rise fire in three years.

The Iranian progress could trigger implementation of the country’s nuclear deal with world powers in the next couple of weeks, the White House says.

A new national-security assessment is a sign of how relations between Russia and the West have worsened in recent years.

The Vietnamese foreign ministry called the Chinese action in the South China Sea “a serious infringement” of its sovereignty.

“The successful completion of the program’s first review is certain to have a very positive impact on confidence,” Bank of Greece Gov. Yannis Stournaras says.

About 74 percent of a poll’s respondents do not want a repeat of the 2012 presidential election, but the duel is a likely scenario.

A Mexico City newspaper reports she was attacked at her home by four gunmen.

Somali Information Minister Mohamed Abdi Hayir blames the attack on al-Shabab In comments delivered on state radio.

The soldiers may be put on trial for alleged crimes committed in Iraq, including murder, the head of an investigating team said in an interview published Saturday.

The ceasefire began in tandem with peace talks sponsored by the United Nations, but it was repeatedly violated by both sides.

Trump was shown in the 51-minute film making his December call for the United States to bar all Muslims from the country as his supporters cheered.

An amended lawsuit also asks that DraftKings and FanDuel provide data on all the money they collected from New York consumers.

It was not immediately clear who was behind the airborne protest. A spokeswoman for the Trump campaign did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment.

Leadership of the Taliban has been in dispute since the confirmation last July of the death of the insurgency’s founder.

Exxon Mobil closes a Tennessee terminal, while operators shut down two pipelines feeding a Phillips 66 refinery in Illinois.

Tehran does not accept that a U.N. resolution bars it from testing missiles, as long as it has no nuclear warheads to place on them.

Police checked the bags of people blocks away from St. Peter's Square and 10,000 people went through additional, airport-style screening.

The alleged plot to attack Brussels New Year’s Eve forced the cancellation of the city’s annual fireworks display.

The driver was taken to hospital, and his motives are not known because he has not yet been questioned.

Delivery of the C-130s could begin in 2017, a French military source says. They would replace problematic Airbus A400M jets.