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Tensions between Iran and the United States have heightened since the election of Trump, who has often singled out Tehran as a key backer of militant groups.

The Secretary of Defense has to certify, prior to making any reimbursement to Pakistan, that Islamabad is taking demonstrable steps to support counterterrorism operations.

Raul Castro's comments to Cuba's National Assembly were his first on Trump's June announcement of a partial rollback of the Cuba-US detente achieved by then-President Barack Obama. They contained echoes of the harsh rhetoric of the past

Liu Xia has been under effective house arrest since her husband won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2010.

The Chinese defence ministry said it was "legal and proper" for its military aircraft to operate in the airspace and that it would continue to organise regular training exercises according to "mission requirements".

In her most honest interview yet about the election campaign, May told the BBC that the news came as a complete shock and that she had not seen it coming when husband Philip May broke the news to her on election night. "It took a few minutes for it to sin...

Djibouti's position on the northwestern edge of the Indian Ocean has fuelled worry in India that it would become another of China's "string of pearls" of military alliances and assets ringing India, including Bangladesh, Myanmar and Sri Lanka.

The Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University in New York and seven individual Twitter users filed a lawsuit in federal court in the Southern District of New York after President Donald Trum allegedly blocked their accounts.

The final statement from the Group of 20 leaders meeting in Hamburg on Saturday exposed the divide that remains between the United States and other G20 members on the 2015 Paris accord.

Battulga rose to fame as a Mongolian wrestler. His businesses include a hotel and a Genghis Khan-themed amusement park

Johnson said it was “highly unlikely” that the current standoff would descend into military conflict

Francis, the first non-European pope in 1,300 years, said he was afraid of "very dangerous alliances among (foreign) powers that have a distorted vision of the world: America and Russia, China and North Korea, (Vladimir) Putin and (Bashar al-)Assad in the...

Up to 18 people were feared dead after a tour bus carrying pensioners burst into flames following a collision with a trailer truck in southern Germany on Monday, police said.

A rescue helicopter crashed while heading to help evacuate residents near an active volcano on Indonesia's main island, killing all eight people on board, officials said on Monday.

Tokyo goes to the polls in a local election that could have national consequences as the capital's governor mounts a challenge to the party of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, whose popularity has slumped.

China's President Xi Jinping warned Saturday that any challenge to Beijing's control over Hong Kong crossed a "red line", as thousands calling for more democracy marched through the city 20 years since it was handed back by Britain.