The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) on Monday handed a four-year ban to Russia for major sporting events including the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and 2022 World Cup. "WADA Executive Committee unanimously endorses four-year period of non-compliance for the Russian Anti-Doping Agency," the agency...

Afghanistan’s president on Monday said that people of his country are optimistic about their future as he called for an Afghan-led and Afghan-owned peace process to succeed. Addressing the eighth ministerial Heart of Asia - Istanbul Process conference in the Turkish city, Ashraf Ghani...

Democrat Joe Biden's presidential campaign launched new attacks on Donald Trump Sunday, advocating a re-evaluation of U.S.-Saudi relations and calling North Korea's apparent weapons test a "rebuke" to the U.S. president in a statement to Reuters. The statement comes as Trump faces pressure...

Iraqis turned out Monday to mourn a prominent activist gunned down the previous evening, the latest violent episode in anti-government demonstrations in which more than 450 people have died. Adding to the tension, a volley of rockets wounded six Iraqi soldiers on a military base near the...