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The United States is trying to halt Iranian oil exports in an effort to force Tehran to negotiate a new nuclear agreement and to curb its influence in the Middle East.

In the letter, addressed to "the people of God," Pope Francis promised that no effort will be spared to prevent abuse and its cover up.

The pilgrimage represents one of the five pillars of Islam and is required of all able-bodied Muslims once in their life. In recent weeks, the faithful have arrived in Mecca from across the world, all chanting "Labayk Allahuma Labayk," or "Here I am, God,...

According to National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser, the parliament session has been summoned at 3:30pm tomorrow(Friday) to elect the new prime minister.

More than 100 tons of dead sea creatures have been shoveled up from smelly, deserted beaches in tourist areas along Florida's southwest coast as a result of the harmful algal bloom this month alone.

Donald Trump said some people may complain that steel prices may be "a little more expensive" in the short term because of the tariffs, but that ultimately they will drop.

Xuecheng, a Communist Party member and abbot of the Beijing Longquan Monastery, is one of the most prominent figures to face accusations in China's growing #MeToo movement.

Some victims were plied with alcohol and groped or molested, the report says. Others were orally, vaginally or anally raped, according to the grand jurors.

His website proclaims him a champion for middle- and working-class families, with "the right ideas" on healthcare reform, economic development and education — never mind that he's still years from graduating high school.

Young couples visiting parks and shopping centres in Islamabad are often harassed, blackmailed and extorted by police officials in the conservative Muslim-majority country.

Michael Avenatti said, he is ready to take on the president in the 2020 elections and positioning himself as someone tough enough to take on Donald Trump in a bare-knuckles battle for the White House.

The first round on July 29 was marred by armed attacks and other security incidents at about a fifth of polling places, as well as opposition charges of fraud.

Shreyas Royal has won a series of chess championships and is ranked number four in the world in his age group and has the potential to be a future world chess champion.

The ECP had sought a signed apology from Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairperson Khan for violating the electoral code of conduct by casting his vote publicly instead of going behind the voting screen.

The presiding officer of a polling station in Pakistan's Balochistan province claimed that he was "abducted by security forces who later forced him to submit the form 45 with the fabricated number of votes written on it" to favour a candidate from Mutthai...

Iraq's Independent High Election Commission (IHEC) On Friday, released the results of the re-count which parliament ordered in June, after widespread allegations of fraud cast doubt on the integrity of the electoral process.