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Undated image of Arvin Ghahremani, an Iranian Jew whose execution on Nov. 4, 2024, made him the first member of Iran's tiny Jewish minority to be put to death in 30 years.

United Nations — The Kremlin welcomed what it described Tuesday as a “more balanced” U.S. position on Ukraine, after the United States pushed through its “Path for Peace” resolution at ...

Biden meets leaders on the sidelines of Glasgow climate summit to firm up plans for climate-friendly international infrastructure initiative Build Back Better World, or B3W ...

JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN — South Sudan is due to hold long-delayed general elections in December 2026, and some wonder if the world’s youngest nation will be ready. The vote was set for this month ...

The US Constitution's framers did not design a direct democracy where all Americans would vote on all issues.

Bangkok, Thailand — Across war-torn Myanmar, rebel commanders, aid workers and cyber-scammers alike are turning to billionaire Elon Musk’s Starlink satellites to stay in touch with each other ...

NEW YORK — Walk into any supermarket and you can generally buy a banana for less than $1. But a banana duct-taped to a wall? That sold for $6.2 million at an auction at Sotheby's in New York ...

Giant pumps whir deep underground at a plant in Singapore that helps transform sewage into water so clean people can drink it while reducing ocean pollution. The tiny island nation has little in ...

U.S. Democrats secured unified control of the White House and Congress on Wednesday with the inauguration of President Joe Biden followed by Vice President Kamala Harris swearing in three new ...