The head of Iran’s judiciary says 22,000 people arrested in the recent protests that swept the Islamic Republic have been pardoned.

An agreement between Iran and Saudi Arabia to re-establish diplomatic relations has cast China in a leading role in Middle Eastern politics — a part previously reserved for longtime global heavyweights like the U.S. and Russia.

HSBC will take over the UK arm of failed Silicon Valley Bank, another move to avert a potential banking crisis.

Micronesia’s president has accused China of “political warfare” in a letter to other national leaders.

CHICAGO — A mother and her three children have all died following a blaze at the home of a Chicago firefighter in the Montclare neighborhood on the city’s Northwest Side, officials said Saturday. A little boy, 2-year-old Emory Day-Stewart, and his sist…

As Donald Trump returns to Iowa on Monday, he and his team are aiming for a more disciplined approach to his latest presidential campaign.

Alaska’s monthslong delay dispersing federally funded food stamps to thousands of families has triggered a stern warning from the federal government that penalties could follow without prompt action. Alaska is the only state to receive such a warning, …

An industrial camera that contains sealed-off radioactive material has been missing for several days in the Houston area after workers noticed it was gone from their work site, the Texas Department of State Health Services said.

When the pandemic hit, Steve Gaffney was laid off from his longtime job at a company that provided lighting for events. Three weeks later, his daughter Morgan was born.

ALBANY, N.Y. — Even then, the gender imbalance was glaring.