With Russia's mediation, Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed to a cease-fire in Nagorno-Karabakh starting Saturday following two weeks of heavy fighting that marked the worst outbreak of hostilities in the separatist region in more than a quarter-century. The countries' foreign ministers...

Legendary Iranian signer Mohammad-Reza Shajarian was buried on Saturday alongside the tomb of the ancient poet Abul Qasem Ferdowsi in the northeast of the country, state news agency IRNA reported. A national treasure in his homeland, the "Ostad" -- master in Persian -- died at the age of 80...

Kurdish authorities in northeast Syria on Saturday announced their second prison amnesty in the space of five months. The Kurdish-led Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (NES), said in a statement on Saturday that all prisoners serving time for petty crimes will be...

The US dollar is making a comeback as the favored currency in communist-run Cuba as the country prepares to devalue the peso to relieve pressure on a battered economy. Cuba has a unique system whereby two official currencies have existed side-by-side for nearly three decades, the Cuban peso...