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Iran accepted curbs on its contested nuclear program as part of the agreement. In return, Iran has benefited from the lifting of sanctions against its oil exports among others.

“The organization is receiving the award for its work to draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons and for its ground-breaking efforts to achieve a treaty-based prohibition of such weapons,” a statement fro...

NHK reporter Miwa Sado, 31, who had been covering political news in Tokyo, was found dead in her bed in July 2013, reportedly clutching her mobile phone.

Nawaz Sharif left his Jati Umra residence this morning amid high security and reached the Lahore airport to catch a PIA flight for London to be with his ailing wife Kulsoom.

Ishiguro winning the 9 million crown ($1.1 million) prize marks a return to a more conventional interpretation of literature after last year's prize went to American songwriter Bob Dylan.

The girlfriend of the Las Vegas gunman who killed 58 people and himself in the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history is being questioned by the FBI.

Oxford City Council voted unanimously this week to recommend Suu Kyi's Freedom of the City award be withdrawn, citing deep concerns about the treatment of Rohingya Muslims under her watch.

If Putin decides to run, he is widely expected to win a landslide victory in the first round of the vote, because he will face no strong challenge.

The reshuffle comes prior to the 19th Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) which will open in Beijing from October 18 and the meeting is widely expected to confer a second five-year term to Xi as General Secretary.

The Supreme Court deposed Nawaz Sharif in July following an investigation into corruption allegations against him and his family, making him the 15th prime minister in Pakistan's 70-year history to be ousted before completing a full term.

The existing fibre optic network through which Pakistan connects to the world has been developed by a consortium that has Indian companies either as partners or shareholders. This is viewed as a security concern when it comes to surveillance of communicat...

Pope Francis's defence of migrants, his second in less than a week, comes at a time of growing anti-immigrant sentiment in the United States and many European countries where far-right parties have made inroads.

Considered one of the KGB's most productive Western recruits -- and Britain's biggest Cold War traitor -- Philby passed information to Moscow from the 1930s until he was discovered and fled to the Soviet Union in 1963.

Ahead of her arrival in Manchester, northwest England, May acknowledged the "disappointing" election performance but emphasised that she had a programme that she intended to see through.

Chinese President Xi Jinping met US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in Beijing, amid mounting pressure from Trump on Beijing to rein in its close ally North Korea.

The report cited an unnamed intelligence source saying South Korean and U.S. intelligence officials detected missiles being transported away from North Korea's Missile Research and Development Facility at Sanum-dong in the northern part of Pyongyang.