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The 2016 election season in the United States may be getting hotter with each passing day but sweltering summer in several parts of the world is into an unprecedented streak of high temperatures, raising alarm for...

Facebook and Microsoft will build a new state-of-the-art 6,600 km undersea cable across the Atlantic to improve high speed Internet connectivity and provide efficient online services. Construction of the cable, named MAREA will commence in August...

Real estate tycoon Donald Trump Thursday moved a step closer to securing the Republican presidential nomination for the November 8 election as he surpassed the magic number of 1237 delegates. The primary campaign milestone has turned...

Democratic likely candidate Hillary Clinton is bracing for a fresh Republican onslaught against her after a State Department watchdog termed her use of personal email server as secretary of state as “not an appropriate method” and...

Positions espoused by presidential candidates on immigration issues and rhetoric on inclusion or exclusion of communities are among top concerns shaping opinions of Asian Americans in the unusually divisive 2016 election year. A survey released by Asian Americans Advancing...

For the first time in recent history, more Americans live with their parents than with a partner or spouse as a range of socio-economic trends shape their choices and preferences. Among millennials – people born after 1980...

Secretary of State John Kerry has said Mullah Mansour, the Afghan Taliban leader – who was targeted in Pakistan-Afghanistan border region with a precision US airstrike on Saturday – directly opposed reconciliation efforts, and that the action demonstrates...

After steady improvement in bilateral cooperation in the last few years, this summer has brought mixed news for US-Pakistan relations. While Washington and Islamabad contemplate a resolution to the standoff over F-16 jets deal, the people of two countries had...

Almost certain of winning Democratic nomination, Hillary Clinton unleashed the bluntest attack yet on Republican rival Donald Trump for his “dangerous” positions on various foreign policy issues, saying he is disqualified to be the U.S. President. Citing Trump’s...

The United States promises tremendous opportunities for growth of American Muslims despite recent election rhetoric on part of some candidates as Muslims are a well-integrated community in the country’s fabric, says prominent entrepreneur Frank Islam. “In spite...