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With a large investment at stake, the North African country isn't budging in a territorial dispute over Western Sahara, where indigenous Sahrawis seek independence.

A Moroccan news outlet said the store opening was blocked because of Sweden's plans to recognize Western Saharan independence.

On Thursday, New York City public schools will close to mark Eid al-Adha -- and many Muslim families are hailing the decision.

Thousands are heading to Europe in search of a better, safer life. Some are pretending to be Syrian to improve their chances of staying.

A security official in the western town of Zuwara, from where the overcrowded boat had set off, said there were around 400 people on board.

South Korean government and corporate officials are visiting Iran this week to hunt out possible deals in the oil, gas and construction industries since an agreement was reached to lift sanctions on Tehran.

Targeted killings and widespread neglect of an ethnic group in the African country is fueling a violent movement that could spread across the region.

Yousef Al-Qaradawi said that he had previously endorsed the use of suicide bombers only by those living under Israeli occupation.

The entire Su-24 fleet was grounded after one of the aircraft crashed in far eastern Russia, killing both pilots.

Ansar al Dine, one of the most notorious extremist groups in Mali, has attacked towns bordering Mauritania and Ivory Coast.

"We quickly put them on trial to avoid bloodshed because people were very angry and trying to take law into their hands," a religious-police representative says.

The Yak-130 training jet could be turned into a fighter bomber, for clients that may include the Syrian regime.

Answering concerns about conflicts of interest, Bill Clinton also said the Foundation has done nothing "objectionable."

Despite an American-led air campaign to eradicate ISIS, the extremist group is now operational in 10 countries — and its brand of unparalleled brutality is expanding rapidly.

U.N. agencies in Israel and the Palestinian territories reported an alarming number of child victims in last year's war in the Gaza Strip but were split on whether Israel should be put on a list of violators of children's rights.

Jihadist groups in North Africa need millions to finance their activities, so they have moved on from kidnapping to something much more lucrative: drug trafficking.

Algerian troops ambushed and killed at least 22 militants allied to Islamic State as they held a meeting east of the capital on Tuesday in one of country's largest military operations in recent years, the defense ministry and a security source said.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is increasingly focusing on the expansion of military, but his policies have been controversial among the public.

In a rare audio statement released Thursday, ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi called on all Muslims to fight a war in which the "Islamic State is merely the spearhead."

A newly formed group is terrifying locals, targeting foreign troops and proving jihadi rebel outfits in Mali.

The State Department will not review the breaches of the 2008 ethics agreement Hillary Clinton signed in order to become secretary of state after her family's charities admitted in March that they had not complied, a spokesman said.