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Nearly half a million dead. Cities emptied. Millions pushed out as refugees. Five years of death and destruction rained on the country. Aleppo buckles under siege. Captive people gasping for signs of life. A deal, though...

With New Delhi continuing to thwart international observers’ access to Indian-controlled Kashmir, the United Nations has said the deteriorating situation in the disputed territory now  critically warrants establishment of an “independent, impartial and international mission.” The...

Nazanin Boniadi, a lead cast in Ben-Hur movie, says the theme of forgiveness in the faith story has great relevance for the troubled times – offering an opportunity to be inspired toward that value of kindness....

Dubbed as “the battle for Aleppo,” the latest chapter of massacres in the Syrian conflict continues, with reports of more civilian deaths in air strikes Friday. More than five years of bloodletting has killed close to...

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...

Donald Trump blustered and backtracked on claim that he saw a secret video of the US making cash payment of around $ 400 million to Iran after which Tehran released captive Americans, He also backed down...

It was an epoch-making Thursday night for America and Hillary Clinton as she became the first woman to formally accept nomination of the Democratic Party. In a carefully constructed speech, Clinton presented herself as complete opposite...

The Security Council held its first “straw poll” for the next secretary-general of the United Nations on Thursday, with António Guterres, a former Portuguese prime minister who served as U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees for 10...

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 has rebuked suggestions following deadly attack in Nice, France, that all Muslim Americans be subjected to test for their religious beliefs. “In the wake of last night’s attacks, we’ve heard more suggestions that...