The choice of former Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Guterres as next chief of the United Nations (UN) was a "superb" one, current UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said here on Thursday.
Chief official White House photographer Pete Souza is known for his coverage of President Obama's administration, but he first worked for government in the Reagan years.
Two weeks prior to boarding a plane that would eventually land him in Russia, former NSA operative Edward Snowden – who had just leaked an unprecedented amount of secret files from the US intelligence community – lived rough with asylum seekers in Hong Kong to evade capture, according to the New York Times' report on Sept. 7.
U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump could feel some pain from a new line of political ads from his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton's team depicting him as a racist, at a time when he is trying to catch up in the polls.
The Indian government on Saturday appointed Urjit R Patel as the new head of its central banking institution -- Reserve Bank of India (RBI), officials said.
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) said Saturday that Deputy Ambassador to Britain Thae Yong Ho has reportedly defected to the South to escape punishment for committing crimes.
While U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's strong point is his tough stance on fighting terrorism, he is having trouble staying focused on the issue as his temper continues to be distractive, experts said.
While his bombastic rhetoric helped him win the Republican primaries, analysts said time is running out for U.S. Republican nominee Donald Trump to start acting more "presidential" in order to win the presidential race.
U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's claims that President Barack Obama is the "founder" of terror group Islamic State (IS) threaten to hurt himself with the voters who he needs to win over, experts said.
U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump continues to pile insults on rival Hillary Clinton recently, but experts said that could hurt him more than help him.
Indonesia’s most wanted Muslim extremist has been killed in a firefight with troops, police said Tuesday, ending a years-long hunt for the Islamic State (IS) group supporter.
Amid the science-fiction battlegrounds of hit video game Overwatch, many gamers will have been surprised to find the figure of late Chinese college student Wu Hongyu.
U.S. presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump's support for the Brexit will help him with his base but could hurt him in efforts to gain backing from independent voters, experts said.
The candidate is considering starting his own cable empire.
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Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the world’s longest-reigning monarch, on Thursday marked his 70th year on the throne — from his hospital bed, immobile and wracked by a variety of age-related ailments that have made Thais wonder what their world would be like without him.
A seven-year-old boy who survived for nearly a week after being abandoned by his parents in a forest left hospital on Tuesday, capping a 10-day drama that captivated Japan and sparked a national conversation about child discipline.
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