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TEHRAN (AP) ― A billionaire businessman at the heart of a $2.6 billion state bank scam in Iran, the largest fraud case since the country’s 1979 Islamic …

PARIS (AFP) ― French economist Thomas Piketty hit back Saturday at criticism by the Financial Times of his best-selling book on income inequality, telling …

BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) ― Pope Francis called the Israeli-Palestinian stalemate “unacceptable” as he landed Sunday in the West Bank town of Bethlehem …

Former Thai prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra has been detained by the military junta that seized power in a coup, a source in her Puea Thai party said on …

Ousted members of Thailand’s former government surrendered to the new military junta Friday, as soldiers forcefully dispersed hundreds of anti-coup …

Putin said Friday at an investment forum that Russia will “respect the choice of the Ukrainian people.” He said that Russia wants peace and order …

North Korea on Friday announced it will take part in the 2014 Asian Games competition to be held in South Korea. In a short dispatch carried by the state-run …

URUMQI, China (AFP) ― Jittery traders Friday set up their stalls near the scene of a market attack in the Muslim Uighur homeland of Xinjiang, after China’s …

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AFP) ― President Vladimir Putin’s showcase economic forum opened in his hometown on Thursday amid worrying times for Russia’s …

LONDON (AFP) ― Russia lodged a furious protest with Britain on Thursday after Prince Charles reportedly compared President Vladimir Putin to Adolf Hitler, …