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Former president of Iran who played a key role in the Islamic revolution of 1979 From the period of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini's militant opposition to the Shah's regime in Iran in the 1970s, until his death, at the age...

Supporters of President-elect Donald J. Trump have dismissed a report by U.S. intelligence officials accusing Russia of interfering in the election to undermine Hillary Clinton.

The man suspected of carrying out a deadly shooting at a Florida airport is charged by prosecutors.

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A South Korean hospital says a Buddhist monk is in critical condition after setting himself on fire to protest the country's settlement with Japan on compensation for wartime sex slaves. …

New team of environmental police will try to combat toxic smog engulfing Beijing, acting mayor says.

The cast of The Handmaid’s Tale know what you’re going to say--never before has this story been so prescient. And while that may be true, it’s also worth noting, as Executive Producer Bruce Miller so posited during...

Officials in Beijing are creating a new environmental police squad in the latest effort to fight China's persistent problems with heavy smog. According to state media, Beijing's acting mayor said …

Several Cabinet nominees are scheduled for Senate confirmation hearings next week

The United States will send some 300 Marines to Afghanistan's southern Helmand province to train, advise and assist Afghan security forces

A car bomb exploded Sunday in a government-held area outside the Syrian capital, killing at least five people and wounding 15, state media said. The car bomb was detonated outside …

The Senate's aggressive schedule of confirmation hearings for President-elect Donald Trump's high-level nominees is of "great concern" and may mean deliberations begin without resolution of some candidates' "potentially ...

The Latest on a truck-ramming attack in Jerusalem that killed at least four Israelis (all times local): 3 p.m. The Palestinian Hamas movement is praising a truck-ramming attack in Jerusalem …

PM defends her government's approach against charge by Sir Ivan Rogers, the UK ambassador to the EU who quit last week Theresa May has denied the government's approach to Brexit is muddled and indicated she will prioriti...

French defence minister says that cyber-attacks against the country are doubling every year.

The Queen attends church on her Sandringham estate after missing two services over the festive period.

The two-day visit to Baghdad and Erbil are meant to improve economic ties, and a coordinated effort to target the PKK.

Prime minister rejects British Red Cross claims but acknowledges huge pressures on health service Theresa May has rejected claims by the British Red Cross of a "humanitarian crisis" in the health system but acknowledged ...

Osama bin Laden's favorite son may have been taught to hate the US, but that didn't stop him from obsessing over Coca-Cola, which he regularly smuggled into the family compound as a boy. "Hamza was . . . always tryin...

Rain storms turn sections of sixth stage route from Oruro to La Paz into a quagmire, forcing the race to be cancelled.

Theresa May has told Sky News Donald Trump's lewd remarks about women were "unacceptable" ahead of meeting him this spring.

The Houston Texans were a determined team in their wild-card meeting with the Oakland Raiders. The sting of a 30-0 home defeat at the hands of the Kansas City Chiefs in last year's playoffs was still top of mind, and the...