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A knife-wielding attacker stabbed an off-duty senior police officer and his partner — a woman police official — in the Parisian suburb of Magnanville.

Deputy U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations David Pressman urged the 193 member countries to not only condemn the Orlando shooting but also protect their LGBT communities.

Jordan's used fighter jets came into the picture after the U.S. Congress refused to finance a deal that would help Pakistan buy eight new F-16s from the U.S.

Ahead of the two-day meeting between the alliance’s defense ministers, NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg announced the deployment of four battalions in Eastern Europe.

Robert Hall, who was taken hostage in September 2015, is the second Canadian national executed by the extremist group.

The U.N. expects 248,000 refugees and migrants to arrive in Europe via the Eastern Mediterranean this year, far lower than the “up to 1 million” it foresaw earlier.

There are 152 people on death row in the Southeast Asian country, but the execution of drug traffickers would be prioritized and will be resumed next month after a hiatus.

An unidentified attacker repeatedly knifed the 42-year-old commander in the stomach before barricading himself inside the house.

Britain’s “Leave” campaign opened up a 7-point lead over “Remain” ahead of a referendum on membership of the European Union, an opinion poll showed late Monday.

Respondents in nine of 10 European countries surveyed said they saw the militant group as the greatest danger, ahead of climate change and economic instability.

Stock markets around the world fell Monday amid concerns Britain may be on the verge of leaving the European Union.

There are 351 slums deemed unsafe, most of them in the sprawling capital of Cairo, where the poorest have built ramshackle homes that lack basic amenities.

The plan extends the international financial commitment for the foreseeable future at a time when Western leaders have been hoping to reduce Afghanistan’s reliance on foreign military aid.

The Foreign Ministry attacked people who said the LGBT victims in Orlando deserved to die, despite Russia's own repressive laws.

Two Russians and at least six Britons — one a 16-year-old — are among the 20 people who have been arrested so far over the violence that broke out ahead of the England-Russia soccer match Saturday.

The agreement, signed Sunday, aims to increase collaboration between NASA and the UAE Space Agency on, among other things, exploration of Mars.

The likelihood that Britons will vote to leave the EU increased sharply on Monday to 36 percent, the highest level since the June 23 referendum was announced.

The current United Nations Secretary General remained ahead of other hopefuls in the race for next year’s South Korean presidential elections, according to a survey.

The 29-year-old athlete faces up to 15 years in prison for murder but experts have said he may receive a lighter sentence due to his time in jail and other factors.

EU President Donald Tusk said if Britain voted to leave the European Union, it would be not just an economic setback for the United Kingdom but also a geopolitical one.

This year’s coral bleaching, the worst in the reef’s history, has adversely affected over 90 percent of the 1,400 mile structure, according to recent surveys.

Merkel’s trip — her ninth as the German chancellor — comes at a time when the European steel industry is floundering under a glut of cheap Chinese steel.

The police said it had detained over 5,000 people in a countrywide security operation to combat increasing attacks on religious minorities and secular activists.

The victims were hit when the attackers opened fire at the game in the municipality of Acatzingo, east of the state capital Puebla, on Sunday.

Blom Bank is one of those that has closed accounts belonging to people suspected of links to Hezbollah.

Dubai International Airport closed its airspace after unauthorized drone activity Saturday.

The Archbishop of Canterbury hailed the bloc as a force for peace and reconciliation Sunday.

The building partially collapsed Sunday following an explosion, likely due to a gas leak.

The script for “Sunspring” — a nine-minute sci-fi short — was generated by Benjamin, a neural network created by filmmaker Oscar Sharp and AI researcher Ross Goodwin.