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The U.S. should "take a right and smart decision to live up to the world's expectations" on climate change, Liu Zhenmin, China’s vice foreign minister, said Wednesday.

The Mexican government issued orders to its embassies and consulates in the U.S. to step up its protection of immigrants following Donald Trump’s win in the presidential election.

Palestinian economic woes create uncertainty in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

The civil war in Yemen is often misunderstood and under-reported despite its grim statistics.

The latest allegations against the former French president come just days before the conservative party's primary vote.

Kenya's Deputy President William Ruto presided over the burning of more than 5,000 illegal guns Tuesday.

A large majority of Russians want Vladimir Putin to serve a fourth term as president.

The 195-member organization, which is headquartered in Paris, France, is referred to as the “intellectual” agency of the United Nations.

A new study has confirmed, with the highest precision yet, that the strength of electromagnetism remains the same, no matter where one is.

Weather conditions are reportedly unsuitable for both Autonomous Underwater Vehicle and Remotely Operated Vehicle operations.

In 2013, the Kremlin banned U.S. families from adopting Russian children, but with Donald Trump as U.S. president the chances of restarting talks could be significantly higher.

No, it’s not a nonsensical question. Research has shown that just like in humans, interaction between personality and mood impact judgment.

According to a new study, extremely red quasars — more than any other class of quasars — play a key role in regulating star formation in their host galaxies.

The famed physicist said Tuesday that humanity has less than a thousand years left on Earth before a mass extinction occurs.

Tens of thousands of reindeer in northwest Russia starved to death in 2006 and 2013 when their food supply was cut off due to unseasonal rains.

Commemorating 20 years of the princess’ death, the exhibit will be the first show focused on Diana to be held at the palace in the past 10 years.

The relationship between U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin has given rise to speculation of a war in Ukraine.

A new analysis showed that black women in England were twice as likely to be diagnosed with advanced breast cancer than white women.

Project Blue, launched by an international consortium of scientists, began a Kickstarter campaign Tuesday to raise funds for a telescope that may capture a “pale blue dot” image of an alien planet.

The share of people sleeping for less than six hours a day on average has increased from 2007 when the figure was at 28.4 percent, an annual report by Japan's health ministry found.

China purchased Liaoning, a 60,000-ton vessel, from Ukraine in 1998 as an incomplete Soviet Navy hull.

Charity's report says hyper-extremists are trying to create religious mono-cultures through brutality.

Donald Trump will inherit a perilous conflict between India and Pakistan when he becomes president.

French Prime Minster Manuel Valls said France was not ready to scale down its increased security measures in the face of ISIS threats.

Yemeni Foreign Minister Abdel-Malek al-Mekhlafi says he was left out of the deal.

The Liberal government in Canada plans to overturn a provision on anal intercourse that critics have long claimed is discriminatory to gay men.

Scientists have proposed an ingenious technique to study gravity over extremely short distances, one that involves creating a ring of several thousand ultracold atoms.

GOES-R, scheduled for a Nov. 19 launch, will not only track weather but also aid in international search and rescue operations.

After Pierre Elliott Trudeau’s visit and a brief one by Jean Chrétien in 1998, the 44-year-old is the third Canadian prime minister to visit the island nation.