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The two nuclear-armed nations accused each other of provocation amid growing tensions following India’s surgical strikes Thursday.

Golden Week in China begins Saturday.

Tension on the Korean peninsula has been high this year, beginning with North Korea’s fourth nuclear test in January and its fifth and largest nuclear test last month.

Nigerians might normally be celebrating their country's birthday, but this year they are using the occasion to air their grievances with the political system and failing economy.

The holiday commemorates the founding of People's Republic of China on Oct. 1, 1949.

A Facebook and Twitter account named "Aint Clownin Around" has threatened kidnappings and even death to students and teachers in at least five different states.

The Rosetta space probe has made a controlled landing on the comet it has been orbiting for two years.

Over the month of September, U.S. military and coalition forces killed 18 leaders of the terrorist group, including a high-level propaganda minister.

A team of international researchers have captured an image of a baby star from the ALMA observatory in Chile that sheds some valuable insight on planet formation.

The United Nations said it was "following this situation with great concern."

While much of the attention of the Kercher murder was centered on Amanda Knox, Rudy Guede is serving time in an Italian prison.

Defense secretary Ash Carter's remarks about United States' plans to "sharpen our military" come after a heated week in the region over the South China Sea dispute.

India and Pakistan both have significant military arsenals and have threatened to utilize them in their growing conflict.

Pacquiao tried "all kinds of drugs" but backs a president who has led a campaign to kill people involved with drugs.

The $8 billion deal will send Boeing and Lockheed Martin fighter jets to Kuwait, Bahrain, and Qatar.

The ex-Israeli president and Nobel laureate was laid to rest Friday in front of at least 80 world leaders at the Mount Herzl cemetery in Jerusalem.

Hindu’s Navratri festival worships the divine mother and features fasting and dancing.

President Tayyip Erdogan has said he wants a state of emergency, imposed after a failed coup attempt in July, to be prolonged past October.

The surface chemistry on the red planet “contributed dynamically to the makeup of its atmosphere over time,” the Curiosity rover found.

The dual-star system is “the first gamma-ray binary in another galaxy and the most luminous one ever seen,” NASA said in a statement Thursday.

The comet-orbiting vessel executed its “collision maneuver” Thursday evening, and made contact with the comet’s surface Friday morning.

France joined the U.S.-led coalition to hit Islamic State group strongholds in Iraq and Syria last year after a series of deadly attacks.

India carried out surgical strikes against militants in Pakistan following an attack on one of its military bases. Pakistan has denied the strikes took place.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said Friday he would be “happy to slaughter” drug users in his country, the same way that Adolf Hitler killed millions of Jews.

"I fought them, I beheaded them, I cooked their heads, I burned their bodies," the woman known as Umm Hannadi said.

Several Indian soldiers were reportedly killed in a shootout and one soldier was captured by the Pakistan army. Meanwhile, Pakistan's military claimed two Pakistani soldiers were killed.

The Kashmir region has been at the heart of conflict between India and Pakistan for nearly 70 years.

The South China Sea remains a hotbed of diplomatic and military posturing as China disputes an international tribunal's ruling.

Residents of Seongju County, the earlier site for deploying the missile system, had protested citing health and environmental concerns.