Twin suicide bombings ripped through a busy market in the Iraqi capital Thursday, killing at least 28 people and wounding 73 others, officials said. The rare suicide bombing attack hit the Bab al-Sharqi commercial area in central Baghdad amid heightened political tensions over planned...

China on Thursday called on newly inaugurated US president to resume bilateral relations engaged in before the Donald Trump administration. “We congratulate President Joe Biden and wish his administration success,” said China’s Foreign Ministry. “China and US need to resume...

By Trevor Hunnicutt and Nandita Bose WASHINGTON, Jan 21 (Reuters) - President Joe Biden will launch an array of initiatives on Thursday to rein in the raging coronavirus pandemic, tackling his top priority on his first full day in the White House as he tries to turn the page on Donald...

The U.N. special envoy for Syria announced Wednesday that the next round of talks toward revising the war-battered country's constitution will start in Geneva on Jan. 25 and urged the parties to move to actual drafting. Geir Pedersen told the U.N. Security Council he views the meeting...