As the families of four Marines and a sailor shot to death in Chattanooga grieved their losses onSaturday, the family of the gunman offered sympathy, condolences and prayers. “There are no words to describe our shock, horror, and grief,” said the statement, p ....

A 14-year-old, who was among the line of abducted boys from Iraq’s Yazidi religious minority, said at first after he could not cut it right, he chopped once, twice, three times. “Then they taught me how to hold the sword, and they told me how to hit. They ....

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas have spoken by phone, a rare exchange amid years of paralysed peace efforts. Mr. Netanyahu’s office said the Israeli leader wished Mr. Abbas a happy Eid-ul-Fitr. A statement on Fri ....

In response to the two bills which were passed by the lower house of the Japanese Diet on Thursday, Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi voiced his “stern concern” over the move, the state-run Xinhua news agency is reporting. “(This move) cannot but rai ....

Uber is also facing a lawsuit in the Northern District of California from a 26-year-old Indian woman who had accused a driver, Shiv Kumar Yadav, of raping her. She is seeking unspecified damages as she has accused Uber of failing to ensure passengers’ safety. S ....

But a trove of thousands of Saudi documents recently released by WikiLeaks reveals in surprising detail how the government's goal in recent years was not just to spread its strict version of Sunni Islam — though that was a priority — but also to undermin ....

In an address marking the end of Ramadan, Mr. Khamenei said he wanted politicians to examine the agreement to ensure national interests were preserved, as Iran would not allow the disruption of its revolutionary principles or defensive abilities. "Whether the (n ....

The fine was part of a ruling by an administrative law judge at the California Public Utilities Commission, the regulatory agency that allowed Uber and its competitors such as Lyft to operate in the state as long as the companies reported aspects of their activities. ....

The bill, which imposes sweeping tax hikes and spending cuts, fuelled anger in the governing Syriza party and led to a revolt against Mr. Tsipras, who has insisted the deal forged after a marathon weekend eurozone summit was the best he could do to prevent Greece from c ....

The President built his for passage of the historic deal by emphasising both the specifics of the intrusive inspection regime that would be put in place as well as the likely costs of rejecting the deal, mainly the spectre of heightened instability in the already-volati ....