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Tensions have been rising ahead of a July 12 ruling by an arbitration court hearing the dispute between China and the Philippines over the South China Sea.

The World War II death camp survivor who won a Nobel Peace Prize for becoming the life-long voice of millions of Holocaust victims died Saturday.

A subsidiary of China’s broadcasting regulator has alleged that the U.S. tech giant infringed on its exclusive online rights to a 1994 war film.

The 37-year-old American woman had sent death threats to the famed British scientist through email and social media.

The first polls closed Saturday in Australia’s federal elections in which Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is expected to defeat the Opposition by a narrow margin.

Police arrested the suspect immediately after the shooting during a local festival in the village of Zitiste, north of Belgrade.

An arbitration case lodged by the Philippines with an international tribunal in The Hague challenges China’s expansive claims in the South China Sea.

At least six militants were killed and 13 hostages rescued after gunmen stormed an upscale restaurant popular with foreigners in Dhaka.

Confronted by criticism in a U.S.-backed report, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israeli settlements are not an obstacle to Mideast peace.

Bangladeshi police said several foreigners were among those held hostage and said an operation would start "soon" to rescue them.

Gov. Alejandro Garcia Padilla told reporters on Friday that overall the U.S. commonwealth territory will not pay $911 million worth of its obligations.

Chinese President Xi Jinping said Beijing would stand firm over its claims in the contested waters of the South China Sea.

Tetraquarks are an exotic class of particles composed of four quarks, unlike the packages of two and three they usually seem to exist in.

Many users all over the world were unable to access Alphabet Inc.’s calendar early Thursday, throwing off their daily schedules and creating a buzz on social media.

She was born July 1, 1961.

The decision comes a week after Britain delighted anti-EU groups such as the Freedom Party (FPO) by voting to leave the bloc.

"Tejas," which was cleared for development over three decades ago, may eventually replace the country’s aging fleet of MiG-21s.

The “leave” campaign in the EU referendum had a clear anti-immigrant position, and its leaders called the issue a legitimate and powerful concern for U.K. citizens.

The multimillion-dollar search for Flight MH370 has been underway for more than two years with no concrete clues on the jet’s whereabouts.

Hanoi may have seven million motorcycles on its roads in the next two years — almost the same as its current population.

Other nations demoted to the lowest ranking were Turkmenistan, Djibouti, Papua New Guinea and Suriname.

Over 100 scientists, in an open letter released Thursday, urged the group to “cease and desist” its campaign against genetically modified crops and food.

The hole 6 miles above Antarctica has shrunk by almost 2 million square miles compared to its size in 2000 thanks to the global ban on ozone-destroying chemicals, scientists said.

The incident is the latest in a series of attacks against minorities by suspected militants in the Muslim-majority country.

Russian resorts could lose business as Russian tourists look set to return to Turkey after Vladimir Putin announced travel sanctions had been lifted Wednesday.

Adopted by a Scottish fish merchant, Michael Gove attended Oxford, then became a journalist. On Thursday, he ended Johnson’s run to become Britain’s prime minister.

In 2015 Germany had more births than any year since 2000. But it also saw a record number of deaths.

The Taiwanese company admitted responsibility for a chemical disaster that caused deaths of thousands of fish in the coastal provinces of Vietnam in April.

The U.K. Justice Secretary and Brexit campaigner announced his decision to file the nomination after repeatedly denying any intentions of being the prime minister.