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Despite the best of intentions, Prime Minister Abadi is unlikely to fix Iraq’s massive corruption problem.

Russia said that Ukraine would also be included in the list if Kiev signs an economic agreement with the European Union in 2016.

A study found that even light to moderate drinking can substantially increase the risk of breast cancer in women and all kinds of cancer in men.

Alibaba's investment in Snapdeal gives the Chinese e-commerce company more than a toehold in the subcontinent.

How much does Ann Coulter dislike Carly Fiorina? Quite a bit, it turns out.

The United Auto Workers union lashed out at a report that General Motors "would almost certainly" import a Chinese-made Buick to the U.S.

Israel acquired the West Bank during the 1967 war with Egypt, Syria and Jordan, but Palestinians and the U.S. consider it to be illegally occupied territory.

“I painted the confederate flag backed by the American flag because I believe that anything can stand with the American flag behind it."

NATO is setting up a tent command center in preparation for a large-scale training exercise planned for late September.

In both the U.S. and Britain, party leadership contests have been upended by the popularity of marginal candidates.

The decision to hire an openly transgender person was celebrated by transgender rights activists across the nation.

Brazilian Olympic officials have fallen far short on efforts to clean up waterways that will host the 2016 summer events in Rio de Janeiro despite promises and ballooning budgets.

“Basically, Russia trades accuracy for throwing a mother-loving hell of a lot of shells in the general director of the enemy,” wrote one analyst.

An estimated 100,000 people are expected to disrupt normal business and shut down street traffic, organizers say.

The military's ban on women fighting in combat was lifted in January 2013.

"I'm not saying it can do everything you can do, but... if we keep pushing, we'll get there," said Boston Dynamics founder Marc Raibert.

The Environmental Protection Agency plan would require the oil and gas sector to decrease such output by 45 percent over the next decade.

Turkish and American officials have said they would create an "Islamic State-free" zone in a 60-mile strip along the Turkish border.

Since 2010, roughly 41 journalists have been killed in Mexico, and around 20 have disappeared.

Although the idea of an elevator to space has been around since the late nineteenth century, technological hurdles have made the construction of such a structure impossible.

The grueling 62-day program, which began allowing women only this year, took in 19 women and 381 men.