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The billionaire philanthropist could bring the world one step closer toward eradicating HIV.

Warring drug factions started a prison riot in Brazil's latest instance of jail violence.

A constitutional crisis in the royal family has happened before, and it could happen again.

The Russian navy has plans to maintain a presence in some major waterways of the world.

An Indonesian man, whose age local officials say is 146, celebrated his birthday just before New Year's.

Three suicide bombers launched separate attacks in Somalia on Monday, and the death toll is growing.

China, which has the biggest ivory market in the world, announced a complete halt to the ivory trade and processing by the end of 2017.

A sudden burst in diversity of life about 545 million years ago may have been caused by a spike in atmospheric oxygen, triggered by an acceleration in the rate of burial of sediments that later became fossil fuels.

After conducting a survey of nearly 2,000 people with a past negative experience when consuming magic mushrooms, researchers have now urged caution in the use of the drug.

The news of the Islamic State group's involvement comes as authorities are conducting a massive search for the gunman who opened fire in the Reina nightclub.

The annual celestial fireworks are expected to occur on Jan. 3 this year, and the intense shower will be visible only from the western parts of North America.

In an op-ed for the Guardian, Martin Hughes-Games, presenter of the series “Springwatch,” said that “Planet Earth II” was “a significant contributor to the planet-wide extinction of wildlife.”

Concerns over the British monarch's health intensified after she missed a New Year's Day church service at Sandringham.

The news comes as the underwater search for the missing Boeing 777-200 — jointly funded by Australia, China and Malaysia — is nearing its end this month.

Touring the Baltic states, McCain and other senators assured the former Soviet-dominated countries that the U.S. would support them, despite President-elect Donald Trump's praise of Putin.

Israel announced it would not return the remains of Hamas fighters who were killed.

Reports indicate that 24 of the 39 victims from the Istanbul, Turkey, attack were foreign nationals.

Most were eventually turned back on Sunday morning, the Spanish government said.

Despite fighting a cold, Queen Elizabeth II sent a message to celebrate Canada’s 150th anniversary of Confederation.

A 46-year-old man stormed a house party, killing eight people along with his former wife, 8-year-old son and himself.

The North Korean leader said in televised remarks on New Year's Day that the country was nearly ready to test its ICBM, which can carry nuclear weapons.

Pope Francis put Istanbul and terrorism in the spotlight in his Sunday speech.

Scandal-hit South Korean President Park Geun-hye insisted she had been “totally framed” and called her long-time friend Choi Soon-sil a “mere acquaintance.”

People across the globe bid adieu to 2016 — a year that many say has not been the greatest — with massive celebrations.

Emmanuel Niyonkuru is the first sitting government official killed while still in office since the country descended into political turmoil in 2015.

The attack comes soon after President Barack Obama announced new sanctions against Russia on Thursday and expelled 35 Russian officials from the United States.

Introduced by labor minister Myriam El Khomri, the measure is part of a set of labor laws pushed forward in May 2016.

The hermit nation launched over 20 ballistic missiles in 2016 alone, including intermediate-range Musudan missiles.

At least 39 people died and nearly 40 were injured in an attack at the popular Reina nightclub in Istanbul early Sunday, Turkish authorities said.