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This is the first time the U.S. has filed a lawsuit to recover antiquities believed to be held by the militant Islamic State group.

Pyongyang's policewomen are reportedly handpicked by the leader and have a cult following with a website dedicated to them.

Research found the largest and rarest of diamonds form very deep underground, in the Earth’s mantle, among molten metal deposits.

The Bashar Assad government has reportedly stopped all evacuations from the battered city, accusing rebel fighters of violating terms of the deal.

Two separate lines of evidence are based on data collected by Dawn during its study of the dwarf planet, which is the largest object in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.

Reports said about 36 people were killed on average every day in connection to Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs, during his first 168 days in office.

Researchers presented data Thursday from the first such observation, made off the coast of Oregon, at the ongoing 2016 Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union in San Francisco.

It took a failed evacuation for the White House to strengthen its response to the destruction of Aleppo.

Washington is a vocal supporter of the Syrian opposition's cause, but a reluctant sponsor.

Venezuelan parents are taking drastic measures as food becomes increasingly scarce.

Atrocities like murder and rape won't be ruled out in the brutal reality show contest "Game2: Winter."

Moon Jae In said he may reconsider the deployment of American defensive missiles in his country.

Across the western world, people greatly overestimate the percentage of Muslims among their country’s population.

The holiday season sees more travelers than any other time of the year in the U.S., sparking frustration at airports and on flights.

A group of MH370 passengers' relatives held a news conference on the Indian Ocean island to beg residents and tourists to keep an eye out for items that may wash up on shore.

The world is getting closer and closer to a cure.

The entire evacuation was expected to last no more than three days.

There are over 300 million smokers in China, with a million dying every year from smoking-related illness.

India’s Supreme Court has made moves to try and address the country’s high number of road deaths.

A ceasefire deal and evacuations were underway in eastern Aleppo on Thursday.

The mass exodus from eastern Syria started off with at least one death despite a ceasefire being in effect.

Mayors from five international cities, all of which are part of the Carbon Neutral Cities Alliance, wrote an open letter to some of their U.S. counterparts Thursday.

President Barack Obama, in an unexpected move Wednesday, refused to sign an extension of U.S. sanctions against Tehran but allowed the bill to become law.

An adviser to President-elect Donald Trump compared Wednesday the science behind climate change to the pre-medieval theory that said the Earth was flat.

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s net favorable rating among Republicans has jumped from -66 points in 2014 to -10 points in December 2016, according to a YouGov/Economist poll.

Law enforcement authorities say the controversial anti-noise legislation could harm attempts to increase security in the Arab sectors.

It doesn’t have any teeth; bones cover the outside of its body; it swims vertically; and also, the males of the species get pregnant.

Pictures of the phenomenon went viral after being posted on Twitter last week, attracting wild speculation about its origin.

The ban on Korean Central Television is likely to be a setback for researchers who used the channel to understand the workings of the reclusive nation.