Ordinary Afghans are divided on whether to defy the Taliban's threats and cast their ballots in a presidential election this week, and even those who are willing to vote fear the poll will be tainted by fraud. "It is a chance to bring changes," says teacher Mohsen Karimi, 30, from the...

An Israeli military court Monday sentenced a Palestinian to life imprisonment for a 2015 shooting in the occupied West Bank that killed an Israeli and wounded three others, the army said. Fayiz Hamed was found guilty of voluntary homicide and attempted murders. The four Israelis were in a...

 Alphabet Inc’s Google  said on Monday it is rolling out Google Play Pass, a subscription service that gives Android users access to more than 350 apps and games without ads and in-app purchases. Priced at $4.99 per month, the service is similar to Apple Inc’s Apple Arcade, the...

Apple said on Monday it will make new Mac Pro desktop computers at its Austin, Texas facility, following some relief on tariffs by the U.S. government. U.S. trade regulators on Friday approved 10 out of 15 requests for tariff exemptions filed by Apple amid a broader reprieve on levies on...

U.S. President Donald Trump’s attendance at a meeting solely about Venezuela during the U.N. General Assembly this week was a “clear sign” that pressure on President Nicolas Maduro would increase, Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido’s chief diplomat said on Monday. Trump and U.S...

Vietnam Grand Prix organizers are confident their race will join Singapore in lighting up the Formula One calendar for years to come, rather than adding to the list of Asian shooting stars, after it debuts in 2020. As the sport said farewell to Singapore for another year on Sunday, it...

Algeria’s one-time kingmaker and intelligence chief went on trial on Monday along with his successor and a brother of the ousted president for “conspiring against the army”, state radio reported. Mohamed Mediene, Bachir Tertag and Said Bouteflika were arrested this spring as the...

Russia will miss the world athletics championships for the second time in a row after the sport’s governing body the IAAF extended the ban against country’s federation on Monday. The IAAF confirmed the decision four days before the start of the competition in Qatar after hearing a report...

Thousands of Saudis flocked to public celebrations across the country on Monday to mark national day, which featured a rare military parade and an air of heightened patriotism following last week’s attack on the kingdom’s energy industry. As the conservative nation looks to open up, the...

A group of over 20, mostly western countries, condemned Saudi Arabia on Monday over human rights violations and the killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi. In a joint statement read by Australia's Permanent Representative in the UN Geneva Office, Sally Mansfield told the UN...

Members of Britain's Labour Party voted against deciding to immediately campaign to stay in the European Union, a boost to leader Jeremy Corbyn who wants to first secure a national election and then determine Labour's stance. In a show of hands, members at the party's annual conference...

French President Emmanuel Macron said he would meet Iranian President Hassan Rouhani Monday and U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday as he seeks to defuse tensions between Washington and Tehran. An attack on Saudi oil facilities on Sept. 14, which the United States and Saudi Arabia blamed...

Iran said Monday that a British-flagged oil tanker is "free" to leave more than two months after it was seized in the Gulf. "The legal process has finished and based on that the conditions for letting the oil tanker go free have been fulfilled and the oil tanker can move," government...

Egyptian security forces say police have killed 15 suspected militants in a shootout in the restive northern part of the Sinai Peninsula. They say the shootout took place Sunday when police raided the militants' hideout west of the Mediterranean city of al-Arish. Security...

Yemen’s Houthi movement said early on Monday that five civilians from one family were killed in air strikes by the Saudi-led coalition in Omran province in Yemen, according to the Houthi owned Al-Masirah TV. Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis said the Saudi-led coalition carried out air strikes...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the U.K. would consider joining US-led military efforts to protect Saudi Arabia on Monday. Speaking to reporters on his way to the U.S. for the UN’s General Assembly meeting early on Monday, Johnson said "the U.K. is attributing responsibility with...

Over 350 people have been arrested across Egypt in the latest wave of demonstrations against Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, according to a Cairo-based non-governmental organization .  In a statement, the Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedoms (ECRF) said 356 people have...

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Sunday resumed his re-election campaign with a promise to lower taxes, but once again had to apologize for a photo showing him in blackface makeup. Trudeau, 47, was already under fire for an ethics lapse and other controversies, and the decades-old...

Once a bus wreck peppered with bullet holes, the pristine white water tanker parked in front of a Yemen university now delivers water to students in the war-torn and cholera-hit south. Sitting among still battle-scarred buses, the tanker was repurposed by student welfare officer Nashwan...

The 71st Emmys on Sunday provided some big moments -- it stood as television's farewell to awards giants "Game of Thrones" and "Veep," but also produced a few poignant moments touching on issues from equal pay to transgender rights. The following are a few key takeaways from the gala held...