The United Nations Thursday expressed appreciation for Pakistan’s extension of stay for registered Afghan refugees on its soil until December 31, 2016, and said their repatriation to Afghanistan should be governed by international laws. “We are...

Confronting fascism, United Nations has asked European countries to work towards a compassionate and humane solution to the problem of refugees and migrants. “In these times of growing division and xenophobia, I encourage the people of this great...

Civil rights icon has brought his star power to gun control debate, leading a rare sit-in on the floor of the House in the wake of worst shooting in the US history that claimed 49 lives...

Democrat Hillary Clinton overtakes Republican Donald Trump by a 47% to 42% margin in the race for the presidency, according to a new poll that finds both candidates lacking in excitement among majority of voters. The...

While Donald Trump continues to ramp up his rhetoric against Muslims and Latinos, Vice President Joseph Biden has warned that politics of fear and intolerance would have serious implications for American democracy, security and societal values....

Apple has decided to completely shun next month’s Republican convention, in a rebuke to likely nominee Donald Trump’s political rhetoric against immigrants, minorities and women. A Politico report says the tech giant has informed the GOP...

More than 50 US diplomats signed an internal memo urging the Obama administration to approve military airstrikes against the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, widely held responsible for massacre and displacement of millions of Syrians....

Scientists working on a World Health Organization project have found no conclusive evidence that drinking coffee can cause cancer, although drinking very hot beverages probably causes cancer of the oesophagus, commonly known as food pipe. “These...

In the wake of tensely fought primary contests, Democratic Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders plan to hold talks in the nation’s capital Tuesday evening – in what is being billed as a meeting to heal the...

In the deadliest mass shooting in American history, fifty people were dead and another 53 injured, when a heavily armed man, identified in the media as 29-year-old Omar Mateen, went on a shooting rampage in a...