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It is over a year since Bashar al-Assad’s regime, with the help of Russian air strikes and barrel bombs, pounded…

Pope Francis sounded a stark warning about the future of the Amazon and its peoples during a visit to the…

US Vice President Mike Pence set off for the Middle East on Friday for a trip overshadowed by controversy over…

Former Donald Trump advisor Steve Bannon refused on Tuesday to answer questions from a congressional committee probing the president’s campaign…

The United States sent $60 million to keep the UN relief agency for Palestinian refugees operating Tuesday but withheld a…

Palestinian leaders met Monday to plan a response to what they see as US President Donald Trump’s attack on their…

Middle-class Afghans turned jihadists have assisted the Islamic State group’s expansion from its stronghold in Afghanistan’s restive east to Kabul,…

German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel and his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu vowed Saturday to try to mend ties blighted by…

As a child 40 years ago, Mohammad Hassan Sharifzadeh saw the opening salvos of the Islamic revolution in Iran, starting…

The United Nations on Friday set up a special investigation of the attack that killed 15 UN peacekeepers in the…