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The drills, scheduled to take place between Dec. 8 and Dec. 12, are part of the joint cooperation between the two nations to address the growing tensions in the Mediterranean.

Pentagon finalized a classified security assessment for President-elect Donald Trump who has vowed to ramp up U.S. defense spending.

The Indian prime minister saw a surge in positive votes in the last two-three weeks of the poll, leaving behind contenders like Julian Assange and Donald Trump.

The Christmas tree festival started at a Leicestershire church 14 years ago with just 100 trees, growing to 1,378 specimens this year.

Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi came to power as an anti-establishment outsider. His resignation could send shivers through markets as the opposition Five Star Movement pushes for Rome to drop the euro.

President-elect Van der Bellin handily won the re-run election, ordered by a court that found irregularities in a May faceoff that Van der Bellin won by a mere 31,000 votes.

China's ambitious modernization efforts includes aircraft carriers and anti-satellite missiles.

Nihonium (113), Moscovium (115), Tennessine (117), and Oganesson (118) have now been officially added to the periodic table of elements.

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani called the bill a violation of the Iran nuclear deal and also warned the U.S. of a “prompt response” if the sanctions against Tehran were extended.

Cuba’s late President Fidel Castro will be laid to rest next to Cuban independence hero José Martí’s tomb in Santiago’s Santa Ifigenia cemetery.

As part of the "cut-and-come-again" technique, astronauts reaped the first harvest of red romaine lettuce leaves grown on board the International Space Station last month.

A study suggests that long-lasting cycles of warm periods on Mars, caused by the build-up of greenhouse gasses, may have allowed running water to carve the planet's surface.

Astronomers have, using the Hubble Space Telescope, captured a stunning new image of the spiral galaxy NGC 4696 — a "cosmic oddity" located 150 million light-years away.

Ri Sol Ju was last seen in public on March 28 this year and her absence had sparked rumors of pregnancy while some said she may have had a serious falling out with the North Korean leader.

The impact of Italy’s referendum on Sunday could stretch far beyond the country’s own constitution.

Astronomers have observed a massive galaxy cluster condensing directly from a cloud of surprisingly cold gas — a process vastly different from how galaxies form in the present-day universe.

Relatives of the passengers of the missing jet left for Madagascar to lobby for an extension and said they would take the search into their own hands if needed.

Astronomers believe IC 3583 is a Type II irregular galaxy — one that was created as a result of a gravitational interaction with another nearby galaxy.

China urged the U.S. to “to cautiously, properly handle Taiwan issue to avoid unnecessary disturbance to Sino-US relations.”

Noctilucent, or night-shining clouds — located roughly 50 miles above the Earth's surface — have long been considered a sort of “canary in a coal mine” for methane.

A nearby neutron star has provided the first observational evidence of “vacuum birefringence” — a quantum effect predicted 80 years back.

President-elect Donald Trump also wished his Philippine counterpart Rodrigo Duterte “success” in his controversial war on drugs that led to at least 2,300 deaths since June 2016.

Oslo is concerned about Russia’s latest improvements to its defense system, including testing of new missiles and using quieter submarines.

European government officials on Thursday approved the nearly $464 million the European Space Agency had requested for the second phase of its ExoMars mission.

The election upset of Donald Trump on Nov. 8 has fueled a conversation about hate speech and false news in the U.S.—and across the Atlantic.

Kim's remarks came during a military border exercise this week as the United Nations Security Council adopted sanctions targeting Pyongyang's coal exports.

Health conditions such as recovering from surgery, anemia, depression, thyroid issues or pregnancy, can make it difficult to sleep.

A report released Friday said the Islamic State terror group hopes to ostracize Syrian refugees in order to radicalize them.

France's foie gras region has been hit hard by bird flu in recent months, with a 25 percent decrease in duck and geese output.