A roundtable on solitude, an empathy conference, a meditation workshop: the annual gathering in Davos sometimes appears more like a group therapy session, nudging global elites towards happiness. "I am sorry. It is full," a hostess tells dozens of suit-clad business types who have been...

The Taliban have appointed a co-founder of the movement as the new head of their political office in Doha, where talks have been held since Monday with US officials seeking to end 17 years of conflict in Afghanistan. "The esteemed Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar has been appointed ... head of...

U.S. senators made a new try at ending a partial month-long government shutdown through a temporary funding bill on Thursday, but President Donald Trump demanded a "down payment" for a border wall that Democrats reject. After the Republican-led Senate failed to advance two measures to...

At least 16 members of a single family have been killed in an airstrike by U.S. forces in Afghanistan's restive Helmand province, officials and local media confirmed late Thursday. Helmand Governor Mohammad Yasin Khan has condemned the strike and has called for an investigation....