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The farewell tour, including a landmark accord with Vietnam, is designed to boost Obama’s legacy in Asia — but tensions over China and trade remain.

Israel’s state comptroller has alleged that Benjamin Netanyahu’s financial records from his days as the finance minister raise “suspicions of criminal conduct.”

Russia reportedly released Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko in exchange for two Russian special forces officers.

The Italian coast guard has rescued at least 37,000 people this year alone — and as the weather gets warmer, those numbers will continue to increase.

Leaders will examine potential risks to the global economy when they gather this week for their summit in western Japan.

A Stockholm district court ruled that there is still “probable cause for suspicion” against the WikiLeaks founder, who is wanted over allegations of rape.

The Israeli prime minister will make far-right opposition legislator Avigdor Lieberman defense minister, which is likely to stir disquiet at home and abroad.

Tobacco farms in Indonesia employ thousands of children who routinely fall sick due to contact with the various chemicals used in the industry, a report said.

Najmaldin Karim, the charismatic governor of the Kurdish-majority Iraqi province, has failed to live up to his election promise of oil wealth for all.

Al-Shabab representative Abdiasis abu Musab says its fighters killed five soldiers and wounded eight in the fighting.

The insurgent group named Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada as the new chief Wednesday after Mansour was killed in a U.S. drone strike last week.

The attack, which took place west of the Afghan capital, targeted a bus carrying staff from an appeal court and also wounded four people.

The information will include radar tracking and communication with controllers as the plane flew through Greek airspace moments before disappearing, a report said.

Among other topics, the leaders of the U.S. and Japan will discuss the prevention of crime by people at U.S. military bases.

Athens was offered debt relief beginning in 2018 if that is necessary to meet agreed criteria on its payments burden.

Investigators say it remains too soon to confirm what caused Flight 804 to plunge into the Mediterranean Sea.

Europe’s political establishment breathed a sigh of relief Monday when postal ballots swung the Austrian election away from a far-right candidate.

Russia has deployed military divisions along its western border as one part of measures to respond to NATO’s buildup.

A doctor in South Africa found and photographed an engine cowling linked to the missing plane in December but walked away due to its condition.

The appointment of a close ally of President Recep Erdoğan as prime minister clears the way for a presidential form of government in the country.

A local bottler has halted production of the sugar-sweetened drink due to a lack of the ingredient.

The latest number raised the death toll from Monday’s unprecedented wave of attacks on government strongholds to 154.

Tragedy hit Kachin state’s Hpakant town just five months after a similar incident there left dozens of people missing.

Ahmad Jannati, 90, is an outspoken critic of President Hassan Rouhani and his attempts to end Iran’s global isolation by normalizing ties with the West.

The Saudi embassy in Ankara denied Monday that its authorities were preventing Iranian nationals from taking part in the annual Hajj pilgrimage.

The Global Times rejected President Barack Obama’s denial that the move was targeted at China and said Washington was applying double standards over human rights.

Benjamin Netanyahu’s proposal for direct talks between Israel and Palestinian representatives was rejected by the latter.

The police operation outside the refinery, which belongs to U.S.-based Exxon Mobil Corp, took place as scores of fuel stations ran dry.

Eurozone countries are expected to approve the loans, but Athens is unlikely to get debt relief because of the bloc’s differences with the International Monetary Fund.