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The U.S. has joined China in formally ratifying the Paris climate agreement, which only comes into effect once at least 55 countries ratify it.

The territorial row over the island chain, seized by Soviet troops at the end of World War Two, has upset diplomatic relations ever since.

Islam Karimov, who died Friday at the age of 78 after suffering a stroke, will be buried later on Saturday in his hometown of Samarkand.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the explosion, which police said killed 14 people and wounded 67.

Southeast Asia has seen an uptick in terrorist activity associated with the Islamic State in the last year.

A new report is alleging that missing American David Sneddon is alive and well.

Here are live updates as we learn more about the and what happened in Davao City Friday.

A Canadian study reveals a new crop of potential at-risk countries for the Zika virus.

A French prosecutor gave an exclusive interview to Le Monde recently in which he said risk for ISIS attacks in France is increasing as the group is forced to pull back in Syria and Iraq.

The 12 promotional images released so far as part of Italy’s first Fertility Day quickly went viral on social media, but for the wrong reasons.

President Park Geun-hye’s comments Friday come after Russia and China expressed security concerns over the deployment of the U.S. advanced missile system.

China, which has already improved its ability to hit targets far from home, is reportedly seeking further improvements as part of its defense strategy.

The blasts hit hours after militants from a Pakistani Taliban faction attacked a Christian neighborhood in the same region.

The reported upgrades at a naval base in the country’s east coast are likely to increase threats to South Korea and the U.S.

The new division would consist of infantry battalions that would patrol the Bering Strait coastline on four- and six-wheeled quad bikes.

A wave of 2,400 killings unleashed in a war on drugs since Rodrigo Duterte came to power two months ago has gained popular support in the Southeast Asian nation.

A man in a refugee shelter reportedly burned out his lungs and died trying to set his wife on fire.

Researchers have discovered a smaller species of pterosaur in Patagonia.

The nation's authority for medicine regulation published its final decision Wednesday and patients can use the drug starting in November.

Get ready for fall. September 22 is the last summer day of 2016.

Iraqi Security Forces reportedly desperate for Sunni soldiers as it prepares to battle the Islamic State in Mosul.

Archaeologists believe they have found a palace-like compound in Israel dating back to the King Solomon era.

The Reserve Bank of Australia starts printing and circulating a new five-dollar note designed to help the vision-impaired and featuring anti-fraud technology.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has said that ISIS is guilty of "heinous crimes" that may constitute war crimes and genocide.

Fresh analysis of data gathered by the ESA's Planck satellite has revealed that the earliest stars in the universe burst into existence much later than previously believed.

Employees at the beverage giant’s factory in southern France found over 800 pounds of cocaine hidden in a shipment of orange juice concentrate.

A new drug, in preliminary trials, destroyed the protein plaque build-up in the brain of Alzheimer’s patients.

The fossils, which date back 3.7 billion years and predate the world’s previous oldest stromatolite fossils, could point to rapid emergence of life on a young Earth.

Japan has been eyeing closer ties with Russia to counter China’s growing clout, as well as its interest in Russia’s natural resources.