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An explosion damaged the entrance to the U.S. embassy compound in Oslo early Sunday, but no injuries were reported. Norwegian police say the blast happened around 1 a.m. near the consular section, sending thick smoke into the street. Authorities are searching for one or more possible perpetrators and say no additional explosive devices were found. 

Canadians were among those involved in a serious bus crash in the Dominican Republic Sunday night. Local reports said two people died in the accident while 19 others were injured.

The war in the Middle East intensified with more airstrikes hitting Iran’s capital city of Tehran. Meanwhile, the U.S. embassy in Riyadh was hit by two drones, resulting in a limited fire and some material damage, Saudi state media reported on Tuesday. Redmond Shannon has more on that, as well as what U.S. President Donald Trump is...

WARNING: This video contains disturbing content. Viewer discretion is advised. U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration says its and Israel’s war against Iran is going to intensify as the Iranian regime continues to fight back. Jeff Semple reports from Istanbul on how the violence is expanding and escalating by the hour.

A massive protest took over University Avenue in front of the U.S Consulate with Iranian-Canadians calling on the American and Canadian governments to help their loved ones back home. As Caryn Lieberman reports, many have been unable to speak to family for days.

U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters on Friday he’s “not happy” with ongoing negotiations with Iran on their nuclear program, saying “they’re not willing to give us what we have to have.” He added that Iran is not negotiating in “good faith and conscience.” “There’s always a risk,” the president said when asked if it...

There are new concerns that tensions may have reached a boiling point in the Middle East, amid reports that Israel could be preparing to carry out a strike on Iran. It comes as Washington prepares to sit down once more with Tehran to hammer out a nuclear deal. Reggie Cecchini explains.

Asked about the decision to pull some personnel out of the U.S. embassy in Iraq amid rising Middle East tensions, U.S. President Donald Trump said the decision was being made because the region “could be a very dangerous place.” He added that the U.S. would “not allow” Iran to have a nuclear weapon.

The U.S. shut its embassy in Kyiv on Wednesday morning due to what it called the threat of a “potential significant air attack,” a day after Ukraine used American missiles to hit a target inside Russia.

U.S embassy guards used stun grenades and tear gas to combat Iraqi protesters, after they stormed the U.S embassy in Baghdad on December 31.

The U.S. ambassador to Iraq and other staff were evacuated from their embassy in Baghdad for their safety on Tuesday, Iraqi officials said, as thousands of protesters and militia fighters outside the gate denounced U.S. air strikes in Iraq.

The Pentagon is racing to bring thousands of U.S. embassy workers home from Afghanistan before the Taliban adds Kabul to its growing list of seized cities. Jennifer Johnson reports on the rescue efforts, and the worldwide response to Afghanistan’s crisis.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said that he ordered the killing of Iran’s top general because Iranians “were looking to blow up our embassy.”

At least four supporters of Nicolas Maduro were seen inside the Venezuelan embassy in Washington, D.C., as part of a protest despite police warning they were trespassing.

Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly said on Friday that his government is in touch with the Vietnamese embassy and that they are trying to “contain the effects” of a deadly explosion that killed several people on board a tourist bus near the Giza pyramids.

Hundreds of protesters marched down two main Buenos Aires avenues to the U.S. embassy on Tuesday in a show of support for embattled Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and to oppose U.S. involvement in that country.

Hundreds of Bolivians gathered in front of the U.S. embassy in La Paz on Thursday to protest against the United States’ position towards Venezuela and in a show of support for that country’s President, Nicolas Maduro.

The Mexican government has paused its relationship with the U.S. and Canadian embassies in the country, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Tuesday, after their ambassadors criticized a proposed judicial reform that he backs. “There is a pause,” Lopez Obrador said in a press conference, clarifying that the freeze was with the embassies and...

Palestinians in Gaza City protested U.S. President Donald Trump’s possible plans to move the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem Sunday.

Members of the ‘Bring Back Our Girls Campaign’ held a prayer vigil on Wednesday at the Nigerian Embassy in Washington DC for the more than 270 schoolgirls held captive by the extremist Islamist group Boko Haram.