AFP, WASHINGTON: The United States has slammed as “provocative” Israeli plans to build hundreds of new settlement homes in annexed east Jerusalem, saying they seriously undermined the prospect of peace with the Palestinians. “We are deeply concerned by reports today that the government…

AFP, MIAMI: Donald Trump sensationally challenged Russia on Wednesday to hack into Hillary Clinton’s emails as a furious Democratic campaign accused the Republican nominee of inviting foreign spies to meddle in the US presidential election. At a wide-ranging news conference, the New York billionaire…

AFP, DARRA ADAMKHEL, Pakistan: Gunfire echoes through a dusty northwest tribal town, the soundtrack to Pakistan’s biggest arms black market, where…

AFP, KARACHI: Unknown gunmen have shot dead a Hindu man in a southern Pakistani town, police said, after a burnt Koran prompted days of religious tension in the area. Police were patrolling the streets in Ghotki, around 420 kilometres (250 miles) north of Karachi in Sindh province, in an effort to halt…

AFP, WASHINGTON: WikiLeaks released audio recordings Wednesday apparently hacked from the Democratic National Committee’s servers, including a message from an irate Hillary Clinton supporter demanding the party stop “bending over backwards” for Bernie Sanders. Links to the 29 recordings…

AFP, DAMASCUS: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Thursday offered an amnesty to armed rebels battling his forces if they surrender, the official SANA news agency reported. “Everyone carrying arms... and sought by justice... is excluded from full punishment if they hand themselves in and lay…