US asks Iranian protestors to document repression
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urged Iranians on Thursday to send photos and other information documenting repression amid ongoing protests, while vowing to...
Google Tightens Political Ads Policy to Avoid Misinformation
Google on Wednesday updated how it handles political ads as online platforms remain under pressure to avoid being used to spread misleading information intended...
Trump under pressure in 2nd week of impeachment hearings
President Donald Trump faces more potentially damning testimony in the Ukraine scandal as a critical week of public impeachment hearings opens Tuesday in the...
Saudi Arabia and Qatar Signal Resolving Tensions Through Football
A Saudi-led bloc's decision to play a football tournament in rival Qatar could herald a rapprochement after a two-year stand-off, and signal Riyadh is...
Trump Erdogan & NATO: Discussion That Left Strategic Black Sea Out
Opinion | Presidents Donald J. Trump and Recep Tayyip Erdogan had a plateful of thorny issues on their agenda when they met in the White...
North Korea Calls U.S Politician a ‘Rabid Dog’ That ‘Must Be Beaten to Death’
North Korea has launched a visceral diatribe against US Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, calling the former vice-president a "rabid dog" -- while also...
Western Nations Clash Over the Fate of Jailed Jihadists
The United States and its European allies clashed Thursday over what to do with thousands of jihadists jailed in Syria, with Washington calling a...
Facebook’s Technology Getting Better at Spying on Unwanted Content
Facebook on Wednesday said that its software is getting more skilled at spying banned content at the social network, then working with humans to...
US’ Sanctions on Iran and the Impact it has on the Region
US has re-imposed the sanctions with full force that had been waived under the JCPOA. These are the toughest sanctions to have ever been...
Greta Thunberg: Trump’s Extremism Helped Galvanize the Climate Change Movement
Swedish teen activist Greta Thunberg said Tuesday that US President Donald Trump's climate change denialism was "so extreme" that it had helped galvanize the...
Afghanistan to Swap Senior Taliban Prisoners for Western Hostages
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani announced Tuesday that three high-ranking Taliban prisoners would be released, in an apparent exchange for two Western hostages who were...
Trump Says New ISIS Chief in US Crosshairs
US President Donald Trump placed the Islamic State group's new chief in the crosshairs Monday as he marked Veterans' Day by celebrating the killing...