Siddharth Chatterjee takes over as top UN diplomat in China

Senior United Nations official Siddharth Chatterjee of India has formally taken over as the United Nations Resident Coordinator in China, a key posting of overseeing the work of 27 agencies, funds......

Over 180 Indians return from Iraq, 39 still in captivity

More than 180 Indians returned early Monday from Basra on a special flight of Iraqi Airways, taking the number of people who have come back from conflict-hit Iraq to over 3,500.  Iraqi Airways......

SEE: Iran fires missiles targeting US military bases in Iraq

Iran has launched over a dozen ballistic missiles targeting at least two bases where United States military and coalition forces' are stationed in Iraq, the Pentagon said on Tuesday.  ......

Islamic state's clear and present danger

United States President Barack Obama cannot avoid taking real action against the ISIS, says Claude Smadja.The time is over when United States President Barack Obama thought he could afford to make......

Spanish fan walking to FIFA World Cup goes missing in Iran

IMAGE: Spains's Santiago Sanchez, right, walks in Iraq's Kurdistan region towards Qatar, where he aims to attend the 2022 World Cup, near Zakho, Iraq. Photograph: Charlotte Bruneau/Reuters A......