JEDDAH: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Thursday that Iran should strengthen its anti-money laundering and anti-terrorism financing frameworks to comply with international standards by February 2019. “The reimposition of US sanctions will reduce

British officials are investigating a prominent Brexit backer and his influential campaign group over alleged financial misconduct linked to the United Kingdom's 2016 referendum on leaving the European Union. In a statement released on Thursday,

Data shows that young people are voting early in troves in Texas, where progressive Democrat Beto O'Rourke is hoping to oust incumbent Republican Senator Ted Cruz in the upcoming midterm vote. Upwards of 332,000

Cuba's President Miguel Diaz-Canel has arrived in Russia for talks expected to focus on strengthening economic ties between the two countries. The 57-year-old is due to meet his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in the capital,

Suspected separatist gunmen have shot dead five people they singled out in northeastern India's Assam state where ethnic tensions are simmering over the government's plans to amend a law on citizenship.  Authorities said they

Tennessee plans to execute 63-year-old Edmund Zagorski by electrocution on Thursday night after the condemned man requested not to be put to death by lethal injection. Zagorski, who killed two men in 1983 who

Programming note: Find out who will be CNN Hero of the Year: Anderson Cooper hosts "CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute," Sunday, December 9 at 8 p.m. ET. (CNN)Meet 10 remarkable trailblazers who have truly

(CNN)Dozens of refugee children and their families set to be transferred from the tiny island of Nauru won't be allowed to permanently settle in Australia, the country's Home Minister Peter Dutton said Thursday.Dutton's comments

Washington (CNN)Maria Rose Belding grew up working in her church's food pantry in her small Iowa hometown."Jesus said, 'For I was hungry and you fed me.' ... Stacking cans was my answer to this

Lima, Peru (CNN)As part of his medical training, Dr. Ricardo Pun-Chong spent time doing rounds in hospitals throughout Lima, the capital of Peru. Day after day, he noticed families sleeping on the floors. Many