The group includes a leader the United States has branded a mentor of Osama bin Laden.

The ‘landmark’ discovery by the pharmacologist, 85, ‘has helped millions of patients,’ a colleague said.

NAIROBI, Kenya – More people die from polluted water every year than from all forms of violence, including war, the U.N. said in a report Monday that highlights the need for clean drinking water. The report, launched Monday to coincide with World Water Day, said an estimated 2 billion tons of wastewater — including fertilizer […]

KABUL – Afghan President Hamid Karzai held an unprecedented meeting Monday with representatives of a major Taliban-linked militant group, boosting his outreach to insurgency leaders to end the eight-year war. Less certain is whether the talks with the weakened Hizb-i-Islami represent a game-changer in the conflict, given the faction’s demand to rewrite the Afghan constitution […]