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The Brazilian parliament will vote on embattled President Dilma Rousseff’s future on Wednesday — and that might mean today will be her last day in office.

The “Harry Potter” star was named in the latest data leak that revealed she is a beneficiary of a company based in the British Virgin Islands.

Taiwan is set to inaugurate its new president from a pro-independence party, straining ties with Beijing.

Foreign ministers of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine will meet in Berlin Wednesday to discuss the ongoing violence in eastern Ukraine.

Motiur Rahman Nizami was executed early Wednesday after the country's Supreme Court rejected his final plea against a death sentence for genocide, rape and torture.

Beijing denounced Washington’s patrol as an illegal threat to peace, which only went to show its defense installations in the area were necessary.

One list of New Yorkers included more than 2,000 names, while a list of Texans included about 1,500 names.

Criticism toward Germany's chancellor was strongest among those with lower incomes and education levels, a poll found.

Efforts are expected to focus on cyber defense and naval capabilities as well as aerial surveillance, a source told Bloomberg.

As the oil-price slump continues, members of the cartel of petroleum producers have struggled to solve the crisis of supply and demand.

After parading its military hardware through Red Square, the Kremlin announced plans to counter the U.S. missile shield.

A report by members of European Parliament confirmed fears among aid organizations that non-Syrians would face discrimination.

Manny Pacquiao is set to become a senator in the Philippines. His work as a congressman was criticized by many.

Despite a truce to halt an inmate riot in Hama, detainees remain deprived of fundamental human rights.

The Senate is expected to vote Wednesday in the next step in the impeachment process against President Dilma Rousseff.

The children were among dozens kidnapped by the armed group about a month ago in a cross-border raid.

Fatal tragedies in both 2014 and 2015 kept climbers away from attempting to climb the world’s highest peak.

Alberta's premier says homes and other buildings destroyed by a huge wildfire can be reconstructed after touring the devastated area. Paul Chapman reports.

More than 1 million people sought asylum in 2015, and authorities are struggling to cope with the influx as citizens once open to welcoming refugees harden their views.

The first global assessment of the world’s flora has unearthed a disturbing finding — 21 percent of the world’s roughly 391,000 plant species are now threatened with extinction.

The people were members of a group suspected of supporting an organization linked to the Islamic State group.

Chinese President Xi Jinping congratulated the North Korean leader on his new title as the historic congress in the reclusive nation closed Monday.

The attack, in which three people were also injured, occurred in the S-Bahn commuter train station at Grafing, a town about 20 miles southeast of Munich.

The USS William P. Lawrence reportedly traveled within 12 nautical miles of the Chinese-occupied Fiery Cross Reef, which includes a 10,000-foot runway.

The Pentagon said Abu Wahib, who has appeared in several ISIS execution videos, was the Islamic State group’s “military emir for Anbar province.”

A U.N.-led campaign will attempt to counter an increasingly negative attitude and tone in debates over how to deal with the refugee crisis.

Early on Tuesday morning, a rolling ballot count showed Rodrigo Duterte had almost 39 percent of votes cast.

The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists found at least 36 Americans whose backgrounds should have raised red flags.

In March, Iraq’s military opened a new front against the militants in the Makhmour area, which it called the first phase of a wider campaign to liberate Mosul.