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Washington - US President Donald Trump on Saturday said Iran had 48 hours left to make a deal on opening the vital Strait of Hormuz or face “Hell.”Remember when I gave Iran ten days to MAKE A DEAL...

NEW DELHI — India began counting its population this week, setting off a yearlong process of tallying some 1.4 billion people. The results will shape how India is governed and who benefits from its...

It was morning in the universe. On Earth, it was Christmas Eve of 1968, a time of renewal. So it was for Frank Borman, William Anders and James Lovell, the crew of Apollo 8, who were farther from home...

The pathway to building a career in the United States for many highly educated and skilled foreign workers was once clear: Earn a degree from an American university or college, then be recruited by a...

Among tech evangelists in Silicon Valley, it has become conventional wisdom that artificial intelligence will rapidly reshape the labor market, for better or worse. Economists, however, have often...

The U.S. military lost its first fighter jet to enemy fire from Iran on Friday, U.S. and Israeli officials said, a setback for the Trump administration, which has repeatedly sought to project that...

WASHINGTON — More than a month into a war that he insists will come to an end within two or three weeks, President Donald Trump has put himself in a strategic box from which he is finding no easy...

WASHINGTON — As the war in Iran has entered its second month with no negotiations yet scheduled between the major combatants, President Donald Trump is facing several interlocking decisions that...

President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that the United States would wrap up its military campaign in Iran in two or three weeks, and the White House said he would address the nation about the war on...

President Donald Trump said Sunday night that Iran had agreed to allow 20 more oil cargo ships to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, a crucial shipping route, as oil prices continued to soar. Iranian...

On the first day of the war with Iran, a weapon bearing the hallmarks of a newly developed U.S.-made ballistic missile was used in an attack that struck a sports hall and adjacent elementary school...

Oil prices rose and stocks in Asia slumped Monday amid increasing signs of escalation of the US-Israeli war in Iran, which has led to a blockage of critical energy supplies. Israel said it launched...

The arrival of 2,500 Marines and another 2,500 sailors is keeping the number of U.S. troops in the Mideast region at more than 50,000 — roughly 10,000 more than usual — as President Donald Trump...

When you’re visiting another country, you generally expect to pay in the national currency, adapt to a new time zone, follow the local customs and speak a bit of the language. But you may not be...

In January 1974, my dad lent me his old gas-guzzling Ford LTD to haul my clothing and books to college in Ithaca, New York. A couple of weeks later, when I tried to drive back home to Long Island, I...

Iran has told the United Nations’ maritime organization that 'non-hostile' ships may pass safely through the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow waterway that has been effectively closed to...

Could a simple blood test predict your risk of getting dementia years, or even decades, before you experience memory loss? That’s the potential promise of a new class of biomarker tests. Two were...

 President Donald Trump said ​on Monday that ​the U.S. has had good and productive conversations with Iran, and he will order the ⁠military to postpone any military strikes ⁠against Iranian...

Only a few weeks ago, the stars seemed to be aligning for India’s economy. India was one of the fastest-growing major economies, consistently outpacing its powerful neighbor, China. It had...

COLOMBO — It is a public holiday few people wanted. Residents of Sri Lanka’s capital said the streets were unusually hushed on Wednesday, a day after the government announced it would cleave the...