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Perhaps the wealthiest Fed chair ever, 65-year-old Powell takes the reins of monetary policy just as a decade of economic recovery has begun to crest, and as analysts are pointing to challenges on the horizon.

Assange has said he feared Sweden would hand him over to the United States to face prosecution over Wikileaks' publication of leaked U.S. military and diplomatic documents.

If Krishna Kumari from Nagarparkar district wins the election, she will be the first Hindu woman to become a Senator in the Muslim-majority Pakistan.

Erdogan is due to see the pope on Monday in what will be the first visit to the Vatican by a Turkish president in 59 years.

In its ruling ordering the release of former president Mohamed Nasheed, the Supreme Court said it found that prosecutors and judges had been unduly influenced "to conduct politically motivated investigations" into the allegations levelled at Nasheed and o...

The shootings happened just days after the dismembered body of an 18-year-old Italian woman was discovered hidden in two suitcases near Macerata. A 29-year-old Nigerian migrant has been arrested in connection with her death.

President Yameen Abdul Gayoom's office says he dismissed Ahmed Saudhee on Saturday and appointed Deputy Police Commissioner Abdulla Nawaz to act as interim police chief. No reason was given for the dismissal.

Donald Trump said, it pursues modernisation of the nuclear command, control, and communications, all three legs of the triad, the dual capable aircraft, and the nuclear infrastructure.

Malaysia’s national censorship board said it took the tough measure "because the plot of the movie gave a bad image about Islam through the role played by a (Muslim) sultan”.

Despite outward bonhomie, the advent of Donald Trump has invigorated a debate over Australia's place in the world.

Lt Gen Kenneth F McKenzie said through a variety of measures, US looks to gain Pakistani cooperation and assistance as they pursue operations in Afghanistan.

More than a million Syrians fled into neighbouring Lebanon after war broke out in their country in 2011 and now account for about a quarter of its population.

In his first State of the Union speech to the US Congress, Trump’s tough rhetoric underscored persistent tensions despite recent talks between North and South Korea.

The news signalled that the three-month-old purge, in which dozens of top officials and businessmen were detained by investigators who said they aimed to seize some $100 billion of illicit assets, was drawing to a close.

Trump's comments suggest he sees a military victory over the Taliban, an outcome that military and diplomatic officials say cannot be achieved with the resources and manpower he has authorized.

The Seine's overflowing waters have already engulfed riverside walkways in Paris and led the Louvre museum to close a basement display of Islamic art.