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German Chancellor Angela Merkel has pledged her country's continuing support to Greece. During her first visit there since the eurozone crisis erupted nearly three years ago, she said it...

Venezuela's authoritarian president Hugo Chavez is a villain out of a Batman movie: buffoonish and sinister in equal measure. Sunday's vote result powerfully exposes both sides of his clown-prince...

A prominent analyst says US President Barack Obama has adopted an unwavering pro-Israeli policy despite some disagreements with Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu. “Actually Obama has increased US military...

Republican Mitt Romney has erased President Barack Obama's advantage in the race for the White House and the two candidates are now tied among likely voters, according to a...

The creators of Big Bird have called on the Obama campaign to withdraw a new advertisement that uses the character in an attack on rival Mitt Romney. The ad...

For years, Abdullah al-Omar rubbed shoulders with some of the most powerful people in Syria. In case there is any doubt, he is quick to show photos in his...

The following paragraphs are quoted from the book “Belief and Islam”, which was translated from I’tiqâd-nâma, written by Mawlânâ Diyâ’ ad-dîn Khâlid al-Baghdâdî al-’Uthmânî (quddisa sirruh), who was a...

A copy of the handwritten diary that Che Guevara, the Argentine-born Cuban revolution hero, kept before his death in the mountains of Bolivia is now available online, a researcher...

China’s ancient history has been inspiring travellers since the days of Marco Polo. Beijing’s Hall of Supreme Harmony, where Ming and Qing Dynasty emperors hosted their enthronement and wedding...

For the first time in its history, the United States does not have a Protestant majority, according to a new study. The percentage of Protestant adults in the U.S....