TEHRAN (AFP)- Iran Tuesday jailed Hamid Baghai, a vice president under former hardliner Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, following his conviction for corruption, media reports said. "Police officers apprehended and transferred the convict to prison," the Tehran prosecutor's office said, cited by...

LONDON (AFP)- A former senior Russian executive linked to late Kremlin opponent Boris Berezovsky has been found dead in London in unexplained circumstances, British and Russian media reported Tuesday. Nikolai Glushkov's death comes amid heightened concern following a nerve agent attack...

NEW YORK (reuters)- A U.S. citizen was sentenced to 45 years in prison Tuesday for supporting the militant group Al-Qaeda and helping to prepare a 2009 car bomb attack on a U.S. military base in Afghanistan, less than the life sentence sought by prosecutors. Muhanad Mahmoud Al-Farekh,...

WASHINGTON (AFP)- Outgoing US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson did not speak to President Donald Trump before he was sacked Tuesday and has not been given a reason for his ouster, a top aide said. "The secretary did not speak to the president this morning and is unaware of the reason,...