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Greeting Pakistan on its Independence Day, Secretary of State John Kerry has renewed U.S. pledge to support efforts towards building a “vibrant” country. “On behalf of President (Barack) Obama and the American people, I send our...

Each time, she splashed into a Rio Olympic swimming pool, 19-year-old Katie Ledecky made it abundantly clear that her best was yet to be. Such was the touch Ledecky displayed, proving once again why she is...

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Friday backtracked on his comment that President Barack Obama founded the Islamic State, saying it was just sarcasm. He also attacked the media for seriously reporting comment. “Ratings challenged @CNN...

As millions of refugees face hardships and uncertain future, the United Nations has appealed to countries including the United States to keep reaching out to people in need because “we will all be stronger” by building...

Seeking to inject a raft of pressing scientific, climate, health and technological challenges into the 2016 election debate, a coalition of more than 50 nonpartisan science and technology organizations has posed 20 high-stakes questions, asking candidates...

For 12 years, the family kept the grief of son’s loss private. But one day, Khizr Khan decided to make a public statement in the middle of an unusually heated election year. Since that July 28...

Republican candidate Donald Trump sought to get his presidential campaign back on track Monday with a focus on his economic plan for the United States that proposes sweeping tax breaks and cuts to federal regulations, but Hillary...

As tensions continue to escalate between India and Pakistan over Kashmir, the United States has urged the two South Asian neighbors to hold peace talks in the interest of regional security. The State Department said anything...

Issuing a scathing rebuke of Donald Trump’s positions on a range of national security and foreign policy matters, a group of former Republican officials have signed a letter, declaring the GOP candidate as unfit for the...

Shedding some light on correlation between political leanings and close friendships in a political season, a new poll has found that few supporters of both Democratic and Republican candidates have close friends in the other camp....