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Though drug boss Joaquin Guzman was moved closer to the U.S. border, extradition was not imminent, authorities said Saturday.

The eurozone’s 19 finance ministers will meet in Brussels Monday to discuss Greece’s reform program and a proposed set of contingency measures.

Islamist insurgents have seized the strategic village of Khan Touman, a bit southwest of Syria’s most populous city.

Judge Mohammed Shireen Fahmy, who announced the verdict, says rulings on former President Mohammed Morsi and others charged in the same case would be postponed.

More than 2,000 vehicles managed to travel south during the past 24 hours, but it was unclear how many people remained in the Fort McMurray area.

The government's decision to shutter the Dadaab and Kakuma camps, housing more than 500,000 people, is "reckless," critics say.

About 400 demonstrators are expected to protest a plan to restrict access through the Alpine crossing as a way to control the movement of refugees.

Human remains found in different areas of the country were said to be “evidence of the heinous crimes” committed by the Islamic State group.

A study reveals sea-level rise and coastal erosion have claimed five reef islands in the region, which is facing imminent inundation.

It took 15 years for Bosnia’s Muslims to obtain construction permits and funds to rebuild the 16th-century mosque, which was blown up 23 years ago.

Using data collected by NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft during its four-year mission, scientists have created a detailed topographic map of the planet.

Australia cannot force the woman, who claimed she was raped while at one of the country’s centers for asylum seekers in Nauru, to have an abortion, the court says.

The boat was carrying 19 people — two of whom were rescued — China’s coast guard fleet told local media.

The country’s foreign exchange reserves rose by $7.09 billion over the previous month to $3.22 trillion in April.

The North Korean leader says the country’s nuclear weapons program and its recent satellite launch have added to the “dignity and might” of the nation.

The “regime of silence” in the embattled northern Syrian city was extended until Monday just hours before the initial truce was due to expire.

Cross-border incidents have been escalating for days, but neither side seems to be seeking another war.

“Obvious wrongdoing” by governments and tax-dodging corporations inspired the release of the Panama Papers, wrote a person claiming to be their leaker.

The report comes amid speculation that the communist country may want a nuclear test to coincide with a meeting of the ruling Workers' Party.

The case, in which President Tayyip Erdoğan was named as a complainant, has brought condemnation from global rights groups.

The 45-year-old son of a bus driver, who grew up in public housing, defeated Conservative Zac Goldsmith, 41, the son of a billionaire.

Thousands more people left the Fort McMurray, Alberta, area Friday as monstrous blazes continued their destruction.

The person shouted “traitor­” before firing at least three shots at Can Dundar, editor in chief of an opposition newspaper, a witness said.

Human Rights Watch said schools should honor students’ gender identity and include curriculum about orientation in sex education programs, among other recommendations.

Among the biggest buyers, the Middle East has dedicated more than $17 billion to American-made military wares in the past several months.

British officials overrode Friday an online vote that overwhelmingly chose to name a $289 million ship "Boaty McBoatface."

So far this year, 10 journalists have been killed doing their jobs, a number that’s likely to rise. In 2015, 25 were killed.

The capture of the Shaer gas field in the desert comes after the militants lost the ancient city in March to the Syrian regime. 

The media criticized North Korea’s nuclear program, but suggested Pyongyang was willing to emerge from isolation and reform its economy, adding that China will never “curse the country.”