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American Muslims, who gathered on the National Mall on Saturday said they are in the nation’s capital with a message of peace and unity in the face of violence and discrimination. Interfaith leaders from Christian, Jewish...

Recently an international tribunal in The Hague ruled that China has no legal rights to exclusive claim of resources within the “9-dashed line” – a U-shaped line in the South China Sea – which extends hundreds of...

The United States has condemned in the strongest terms the vicious attack Saturday in Kabul that killed 80 Afghans and wounded more than 250 people. “We send our deepest condolences to the loved ones of those killed...

After months of consideration, Hillary Clinton Friday picked Virginia Senator Time Kaine as her running vice presidential mate for November 8 election, hoping to draw on his long experience with battleground state politics. Kaine, 58, has...

Donald Trump accepted Republican nomination for his presidential candidature with darker portrayals of American domestic and international scenes, casting rival Democratic Hillary Clinton as dangerous and presenting himself as law and order candidate.   Sounding nationalistic through...

President Barack Obama, while referring to achievements of Muslims at a White House Eid reception, cited Kamala Khan, also known as Ms. Marvel, a comic book superhero created by a Pakistani-American writer Sana Amanat. “By the...

President Barack Obama Thursday recalled Thomas Jefferson’s commitment to freedom of religion for, “the Jew and Gentile, the Christian and the Mahometan,” and praised Muslim Americans for enriching American lives with their work in wide-ranging fields....

Donald Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, has said he wants to fix America’s problems before he tackles the issues facing other countries, and suggested stipulating conditions to the U.S. fulfilling its commitment to NATO allies. The...

Republican Party’s fissures were on display on the third day of the national convention, as Senator Ted Cruz who fought a fierce primary battle against now GOP nominee Donald Trump, declined to endorse him and instead...

During the 2016 election campaign, presidential candidates’ social media posts are serving as faster sources of news and information than their websites and Emails, Pew Research reports. Around a quarter of U.S. adults (24%) turn to...