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The Left Party parliamentarian doesn’t want to allow an unlimited number of refugees, leading an activist to hurl what appeared to be a chocolate and cream cake.

Because of the media obsession with one of the biggest events in modern British politics, the disappointment of some in the press corps was palpable.

The country’s largest private property developer opened its first theme park Saturday, three weeks before Disney is to open its first one in mainland China.

Relations plummeted after Riyadh broke diplomatic ties when its Tehran embassy was stormed in January over the Saudi execution of a Shiite cleric.

The Turkish military used rocket launchers and artillery fire, while the U.S.-led coalition forces carried out separate air campaigns in Syria.

The announcement follows protests concerning the rape and murder of a 20-year-old woman by a former U.S. Marine who was arrested last week.

More than 100 scientists wrote an open letter to the World Health Organization, stating that new findings about Zika made it “unethical” for the games to go ahead.

The release of the reporters could help move the rebels and the government toward beginning the peace talks they announced in March.

At its closest point May 30, the planet will be seen with the naked eye, appearing like a red star that will outshine Sirius, the brightest star in our sky.

The prime minister of the multiethnic country has shown support for an Islamic penal code that includes amputations and stoning.

More than 20 strikes have been carried out in the past four days, destroying Islamic State group positions in the Iraqi city, U.S. authorities said.

Till a couple of months ago, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, former leader of the Sinaloa drug cartel, wanted his extradition to the United States sped up.

A court in Buenos Aires finds 15 defendants guilty in Operation Condor, a joint terror program of South American regimes in the 1970s and '80s

The head of Airports Council International says security proposals being considered by the U.N. could make travelers sitting ducks.

A father and son accused of supporting terrorism say they were tortured in prison.

The Russian ruler said the ex-Soviet satellite states could be targeted for hosting U.S. missiles. "How can that not create a threat for us?"

ISIS has taken control of Azaz, on the Turkish border. Humanitarian agencies have to pass through there to deliver aid to Syrians.

Italian authorities plucked about 130 people off a large rubber boat — one of 17 operations coordinated by the coast guard.

Mexico’s macroeconomic policies “remain very strong,” but there are risks given global market volatility, an IMF official said.

The head of Mexico City’s government announced his administration would provide whistles to women to enable them to alert police and bystanders to potential sexual assaults and street harassment.

With Turkey and Egypt no longer options, Russian tourists are visiting Greece and bringing their money.

The Thursday protest in Santiago was centered around President Michelle Bachelet’s 2014 campaign promise to make higher education free for all Chileans.

While the North doesn’t have the military prowess to take on Washington, analysts have warned that leader Kim Jong Un could act on his many threats. 

The People’s Bank of China said reports it was rolling back on exchange rate reforms, or would ask the Fed for advance news of rate hikes, were irresponsible fabrications.

There was a mushroom cloud, but it's not captured in the iconic photo.

Germany hinted Friday that it would support the gradual lifting of sanctions on Russia ahead of a July decision to renew.

The suspects reportedly posted pictures of the assault on Twitter, triggering uproar in the South American country.

The metaphysical feline, which was already dangling between life and death, now has two boxes to live in. Until it dies, or doesn't.

In the face of mass protests by workers in the country, the French president said Friday his government will not “accept that there are unions that dictate the law.”