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After the biggest daily fall in the pound in modern history Friday, both U.S. banks were forced to slash their forecasts for the rest of 2016.

Relations between the two nations have been strained since 2010, when 10 activists were killed in a botched Israeli raid of the Turkish aid flotilla Mavi Marmara.

The military transport flight was on its regular route to the eastern Malaysian state of Sabah when it was intercepted over Natuna Islands.

A report to be launched later this week will detail China’s human rights record, which experts say has been deteriorating since President Xi Jinping came to power in 2013.

Last week’s historic referendum, where the British public voted to leave the EU, has kicked off a flurry of diplomatic activity in Europe, even as the economic fallout continues.

The Argentina national squad captain’s retirement from international soccer follows his country’s second consecutive Copa America finals defeat to Chile.

Some of the weapons were used in a shooting that killed two Americans at a police training facility in Amman, Jordan, according to a joint investigation by the New York Times and Al Jazeera.

Acting Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy’s center-right party again emerged with the single biggest bloc of seats but fell short of a majority, leaving the eurozone's fourth-largest economy at risk of another lengthy political stalemate.

Brexit campaigner Boris Johnson, favored to become the next prime minister, said Britain could forge a relationship with the EU based on free trade and partnership rather than a federal system.

Preliminary general election results showed voters opted for the status quo just days after Britons’ shock decision to leave the European Union.

An explosives-laden vehicle blew up a few hundred yards from a camp for Syrian refugees in a remote area where the borders of Iraq, Syria and Jordan meet.

Britain’s Brexit vote has emboldened anti-EU parties across the continent, including the Freedom Party and its presidential candidate, Norbert Hofer.

The people were picked up from 25 dinghies and one boat, all north of the Libyan coast.

Hedge funds that bet on or against European stocks were hit hardest Friday, with most losing between 2 and 4 percent, two investors said.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Sunday that Scotland will do whatever it takes to remain in the EU.

Peter Altmaier says Britain always could reapply to the EU later if consequences prove too costly.

Former U.K. Foreign Minister David Millibrand said populism is very popular — until it gets elected.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon told BBC Sunday the Scottish parliament would consider blocking legislation on Britain's exit from the European Union.

The Turkish deputy prime minister had made the remarks after Pope Francis referred to the Armenian massacre of 1915 as "genocide."

In a speech televised Sunday, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei spoke against Bahrain's decision to strip Ayatollah Isa Qassim, a top Shiite cleric, of his citizenship.

The vote, held Sunday, is expected to bring the country's far-left anti-austerity Podemos party into prominence.

Eight Boko Haram members were also killed in Operation Lafiya Dole in the country’s northeastern Borno state, the Nigerian army said Sunday.

In a letter to the Australian prime minister, an international team of scientists said greater efforts are needed to protect the iconic Great Barrier Reef.

The deal with BAE Systems, which has been approved by India's defense ministry, marks the first time in nearly 30 years the country is acquiring artillery guns.

China's Minister of Finance Lou Jiwei expressed his concerns Sunday at the first annual meeting of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank.

The historian and political commentator has never held public office before, and will replace Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson to become the sixth president of the country.

The meeting, which comes close on the heels of inconclusive talks in Paris, is unlikely to result in a breakthrough in the fraught Israel-Palestine peace process.

Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Beijing Saturday where he met his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping.

The anti-austerity party Podemos is expected to make big gains in Spain's parliamentary election on Sunday.