Peace

The deputy leader of the Taliban and one of the world's most wanted militants has written an opinion piece for the New York Times in which he says the Afghan insurgents are "fully committed" to a deal with Washington.The article, headlined "What the Taliban Want", represents the highest-level statement from…

KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan on Tuesday declared incumbent Ashraf Ghani winner of a disputed presidential election, but his main rival rejected the result and vowed to form his own government, threatening new turmoil as the United State strives to seal a U.S. troop withdrawal deal with Taliban militants. Polls were…

Katherine Johnson, the pioneering NASA space scientist and mathematician, helped send man to the moon with her calculations. Image: NASA / Donaldson Collection / Getty Images By Natasha Piñon2020-02-11 20:21:37 UTC Let's start with the numbers.  Around the world today, only 30 percent of researchers — and just 35 percent…

By Amanda Yeo2020-02-10 19:18:06 -0800 Artists are paying tribute to Canadian artist Qing Han, aka Qinni, who has passed away after a battle with cancer. Qinni was a beloved and influential figure in the online art scene, and her viral work inspired countless people for over a decade. She was…

A selection of striking news photographs from around the world this week. Image copyrightJonathan Ernst / ReutersImage caption Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi rips up the speech of US President Donald Trump after his State of the Union address to a joint…

Ghost, bye. Image: Mashable composite; Trismegist san / Shutterstock By Jess Joho2020-02-06 10:30:00 UTC In our Love App-tually series, Mashable shines a light into the foggy world of online dating. It is cuffing season after all. Whether you’re the haunted or haunter, ghosting is now ubiquitous to the online dating…

Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage caption The Big Three - Winston Churchill, Franklin Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin In February 1945, three men met in a holiday resort to decide the fate of the world. Nazi Germany was on its knees. Soviet troops were closing…

Days after Gulf Arab states expressed their support for President Donald Trump’s efforts at resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, representatives from these same countries and other Muslim nations gathered in Saudi Arabia and rejected the White House’s plan as “biased.”Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan said the kingdom backs efforts…

DOHA (Reuters) - Palestinians around the world are uniting to thwart U.S. President Donald Trump’s Middle East peace plan, former Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal said, criticizing Arab governments who supported the plan. “We completely reject this deal and we a…

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - More than two years after he first proposed a peace plan for Israel and the Palestinians, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he would reveal details on how he will tackle the long intractable political issues within days. WHAT ARE THE KEY ISSUES? * The status…