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All mentions of the ailing structure were reportedly removed at the behest of the Australian government amid fears that the country’s tourism would take a hit.

Government officials said Thursday that the insurgent National Liberation Army was responsible for the kidnapping of one Spanish and two local journalists.

The EU this week agreed to help rebuild Libya's shattered navy and coastguard to tackle migrant smugglers after a plea for aid from the new U.N.-backed unity government.

The U.S. president culminated his trip to Japan with a historic visit to Hiroshima, which was targeted by an American atomic bomb, saying: “The memory of the morning of Aug. 6, 1945, must never fade.”

Obama becomes the first sitting U.S. president to visit Hiroshima, Japan.

It could help investigators find the aircraft’s fuselage on the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea.

Stanislav Klikh and Nikolai Karpyukh were sentenced to two decades behind bars for allegedly fighting alongside Chechen rebels in the 1990s.

The young cluster will likely continue to expand, according to researchers.

A day after the Afghan Taliban announced Haibadullah Akhundzada would take over, officials were seeking to understand a man known for relentlessly applying the principles of Islamic law.

The discovery comes after archaeologists spent 20 years digging in Aristotle’s birthplace in northern Greece. 

India’s thriving movie scene and its actors were reportedly the targets of an Islamic State extortion scheme.

A shortage of staff and a surge in air travelers have created a nightmare scenario for the U.S. Transportation Security Administration.

Say goodbye to doom-and-gloom reports on the impact of a Brexit as the government enters a period of silence.

Debesh Chandra Pramanik was likely slain by Jamayetul Mujahidden Bangladesh, according to local law enforcement.

In two years, more than 2,500 people were injured or killed in attacks on healthcare facilities in countries of conflict, the World Health Organization said.

Nigeria, Africa’s largest economy, was warned this week by its central back that it is on the brink of recession.

The event has raised over $1 billion in the past 30 years.

After the lifting of the U.S. arms embargo, Vietnam aims to upgrade its air and maritime defense capabilities.

Multiple Asia-Pacific countries have made conflicting land claims in the region as tensions have risen.

Official figures released by the U.K.’s statistics office Thursday showed net migration to Britain rose to its second-highest level on record last year.

The G-7 meeting comes at a time when economies are still struggling to recover from the China slowdown and the plunge in commodities.

The world’s biggest coffee company says it will open next year a coffee roastery in Shanghai, its first outside the U.S.

The incident, which the U.S. called an “unsafe” intercept of its military reconnaissance aircraft over the South China Sea, took place last week.

The move will make New Zealand one of the most expensive places in the world to buy cigarettes.

Scientists have long struggled to understand what causes some galaxies to turn into graveyards where barely any stars are born. A new study offers clues.

The three new pieces of debris will be sent to Australia to test for links to the missing jet, authorities said Thursday.

Zhang Zhijun, head of China’s Taiwan Affairs Office, said anything that goes against the “one China” principle would only bring tension and upheaval.

The comments by the Japanese prime minister come ahead of U.S. President Barack Obama’s historic trip to Hiroshima later this week.

The staff’s one-day protest, part of larger ongoing protests against reforms of the country’s labor laws, is not expected to cause any blackouts but will reduce power output.