Lame duck Pompeo wants to shape US foreign policy

The underlining significance of the visits lies in the fact that China remains the elephant in the room and has to be tamed, which the United States alone is unable to do and therefore calls allies......

This family of 12, with grandparents and 3 children, joins Islamic State

Mannan, 75, and his wife, Minera Khatun, 53, led their young adult children and grandchildren to Syria. Photograph: Bedfordshire Police A Bangladeshi family of 12 from England, who went missing on......

We are tightening noose around Gaddafi: Obama

United States President Barack Obama has warned that "the noose" around Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi was tightening and said the international community had an obligation to prevent a Rawanda-style......

World powers call for immediate ceasefire in Gaza

Major world powers trying to restart the stalled peace process in West Asia on Wednesday called on Israel and Hamas to immediately implement a ceasefire in the region. The international Quartet......