International

Rising from the yellowish, treeless plains so typical for central Iran stands a square, three-dimensional labyrinth of pipes and conveyor belts, topped by a silver chimney that glitters in the…

On Monday night, when Democratic frontrunner for presidential nomination Hillary Clinton faces off with her increasingly formidable rival Bernie Sanders in a town hall debate, her biggest dilemma will be…

Former Bangladeshi prime minister and opposition leader Khaleda Zia was on Monday booked for sedition over her alleged “slanderous comments” concerning martyrs of the 1971 liberation war against Pakistan. “The…

Donald Trump settled into a fifth row pew of an Iowa church for a lesson in humility on Sunday, two weeks before primary voting begins in the race for U.S.…

Millions of residents, business owners and workers began digging out on Sunday from a massive blizzard that brought Washington, New York and other northeastern U.S. cities to a standstill, killing…

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and visiting Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping said on Saturday that their countries had agreed to expand economic and political ties, calling it a “new season” in…

A shooter opened fire at a high school and a second location in a northern Saskatchewan community on Friday, leaving five dead and two others critically injured, Canada’s Prime Minister…

The Litvinenko inquiry report, which implicates the Russian state in the murder of a former Russian spy, has further undermined the already fraught relationship between Britain and Russia. The British…

The President of Iraqi Kurdistan has called on global leaders to acknowledge that the Sykes-Picot pact that led to the boundaries of the modern West Asia has failed, and urged…

Both leaders agreed on Thursday that the upcoming Syria donors conference in London presents an important opportunity to galvanize global efforts to address the Syrian humanitarian crisis, Xinhua cited the…

“I’m not running for my husband's third term, I’m not running for Obama's third term, I’m running for my first term,” Hillary Clinton, frontrunner in the race for Democratic presidential…

Saudi Arabia’s grand mufti has ruled that chess is forbidden in Islam, saying it encourages gambling and is a waste of time. Sheikh Abdullah al-Sheikh was responding to a question…