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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.

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.

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 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 …

Pontiff tells women to 'breastfeed without fear' at annual ceremony where 28 children were baptised Pope Francis has encouraged women attending a ceremony in the Sistine Chapel to feel free to breastfeed their children i...

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 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.

Israel's ambassador to the UK apologises after an official says he wants to "take down" minister Sir Alan Duncan.

As a congressional staffer, Sarah Dohl saw Tea Partiers disrupt and dominate politics. Now she wants progressives to learn from the conservative movement Politicians seeking re-election don't like it when voters turn up ...

If there's any glimmer of truth to the rumors that Hillary Clinton is considering a run for mayor of New York City, it would be evidence that she might have tripped and bumped her head during one of those long walks she'...

An official at the United States consulate in Guadalajara, the second-largest city in Mexico, was shot by a man who stalked him in a parking lot.