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Japan aims to set the record straight, at least about its names when pronounced in a foreign language, local media reported on Wednesday. Foreign Minister Taro Kono (or Kono Taro in the customary Japanese order) plans to meet foreign media to

Supporters of an unsuccessful presidential candidate clashed with security forces in the Indonesian capital on Wednesday, burning vehicles and throwing rocks at police, which responded with tear gas and rubber bullets. Police chief Tito Karnavian told a news conference authorities that

Whether you’ve come to the Western world from Africa or the Middle-east, you likely want to send money back home to your family. Only a decade or two ago, the only way to do so would have been with credit unions

Half of all Americans believe that the United States will go to war with Iran “within the next few years,” according to a Reuters/Ipsos public opinion poll released on Tuesday amid increased tensions between the two countries. While Americans are more

Three leading Saudi Arabian scholars being held by Riyadh on multiple charges of “terrorism” will be sentenced to death, according to a new report. Citing two government sources and one of the men’s relatives, Middle East Eye on Tuesday reported the three

Republican U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham said on Tuesday that top administration officials told senators in a briefing the recent attacks on shipping and a pipeline in the Middle East was directed by the Iranian government and the ayatollah. “They explained to

Palestinian resistance movement Hamas and Israel have reached a cease-fire agreement, Israeli media reported on Monday. “Hamas and Israel agreed to a six-month cease-fire understanding. The agreement goes effective immediately,” Channel 12 reported. Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum denied the reported terms

Swedish prosecutors on Monday issued a formal request to hold WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, currently imprisoned in Britain, on suspicion of rape – a first step toward seeking his extradition to Sweden. Swedish deputy director of public prosecutions Eva-Marie Persson said