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Twenty-five, mostly Chinese tourists, were rescued Sunday after spending more than a day drifting in Malaysian waters after their boat sank, officials said.

US President Donald Trump said on Friday his administration wants some more rigorous screening of refugees and visitors from certain countries to prevent terrorist attacks.

British Prime Minister Theresa May does "not agree" with the restrictions on immigration imposed by US President Donald Trump and will intervene if they affect UK nationals, Downing Street said.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his new US counterpart Donald Trump agreed Saturday to develop relations "as equals" and to establish "real coordination" against the Islamic State (IS) group in Syria, the Kremlin said.

Iran said on Saturday it would stop U.S. citizens entering the country in retaliation to Washington's visa ban against Tehran and six other majority-Muslim countries announced by new U.S. President Donald Trump.

Voicing extreme concern over discrimination, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday said the United Nations must strengthen its work to improve human rights.

Top Democratic lawmakers have expressed outrage over US President Donald Trump's decision to sign an executive order on preventing radical Islamic terrorists from entering the country, which they said is un-American and would badly hit genuine people and...

President Donald Trump and Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto spoke for an hour by phone on Friday amid rising tensions over the US leader's plans for a southern border wall, administration officials said.

US President Donald Trump has called the Islamic State (IS) terrorists "sneaky, dirty rats".

Donald Trump denied that it was a ban on Muslims. "No it's not the Muslim ban, but it's countries that have tremendous terror," he said.

A popular TV anchor has been banned by Pakistan's electronic media for "preaching hate" after he allegedly called for the murder of some of the 'disappeared' civil society activists and bloggers for blasphemy.

Amid reports of China deploying long range intercontinental ballistic missiles near Russian border with the aim to be able to reach targets in the US, Beijing on Wednesday said it was just a "speculation spread online".

Pakistan High Commissioner to India Abdul Basit is a frontrunner to be the country's new foreign secretary, Dawn reported on Wednesday.

President Donald Trump has tapped Republican Commissioner Ajit Pai to head the US Federal Communications Commission, which is expected to roll back many of the Obama Administration's telecommunications and internet policies.

US President Donald Trump will be ordering the construction of his signature Mexican border wall on Wednesday, a media report said.

President Donald Trump is clearly confident he'll achieve his campaign promise to "Make America Great Again."