Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani was declared on Tuesday the winner, after months of delay, of elections held last September. Hava Alam Nuristani, the chief election commissioner, said Ghani secured 50.64% of votes fulfilling the minimum requirement. “I hereby declare Mohammad...

Mocking clerics, falling in love at rallies and mending a broken society: even if Iraq's young protesters have failed to overthrow entrenched politicians, they have scored by shattering decades-old taboos. Since October, the country of 40 million has been rocked by a historically large...

A Turkish court acquitted leading businessman and rights defender Osman Kavala on Tuesday in a highly controversial trial over the anti-government "Gezi Park" protests of 2013. The judge said there was "not enough concrete evidence" against Kavala and eight other suspects that appeared...

Jeff Bezos, the CEO of the e-commerce giant Amazon, announced the launch of Bezos Earth Fund and promised $10 billion donation for fighting against climate change. "I want to work alongside others both to amplify known ways and to explore new ways of fighting the devastating impact of...