An Iranian scientist returned home Monday after his release from a US jail in what state media said was a prisoner exchange Tehran hopes can be repeated between the arch-foes. Majid Taheri -- an Iranian-American who had been working at a clinic in Tampa, Florida -- had been detained in the...

Palestinian business owners in occupied east Jerusalem are worried they will be forced to shut up shop by Israeli authorities over plans to build a vast high tech hub in their neighbourhood. The main thoroughfare through the Wadi el-Joz area, close to Jerusalem's Old City, is lined by...

Councilors in the US city of Minneapolis pledged late Sunday to dismantle and rebuild the police department, after the death in custody of George Floyd sparked nationwide protests about racism in law enforcement, pushing the issue onto the national political agenda. Floyd was killed on May...

Former Secretary of State and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Colin Powell endorsed Democratic former US Vice President Joe Biden Sunday, becoming the first major Republican to publicly back Donald Trump's rival ahead of November's election. Powell, who led the US military during the...