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Cho Yang-ho, who took over as president of the games’ organizing committee in 2014, resigned citing financial problems with his shipping business.

Weakness in global growth and uncertainty associated with the looming Brexit referendum are likely to hurt the region’s economy this year.

Berta Cáceres, who fought to stop construction of hydroelectric plants and mines on indigenous territory, was fatally shot in March.

The Baltic states — Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania — have requested greater presence of the alliance, fearing a threat from Russia after it annexed the Crimea peninsula in 2014.

A court has asked a judge to look into accusations of illicit enrichment against Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, who has already been accused of money laundering.

Israel halted commercial traffic through Erez in 2000, after a Palestinian revolt erupted, and only passenger transit has been allowed since.

Politics can mean big money in the U.K.'s legal gambling system.

The number of racist incidents has increased significantly over the past year, a new survey has found.

American slackliner Heather Larsen makes history as she walks a narrow web line stretched between Jerusalem's ancient towers.

As Aleppo is rocked by airstrikes — about 250 people have been killed recently — Russian Minister Sergei Lavrov meets this week with UN envoy Staffan de Mistura.

The move follows a pledge by Prime Minister Cameron to double the number of U.K. troops involved in peacekeeping.

South Korea says the reclusive state may carry out a nuclear test near its seventh congress, which is slated to begin on May 6.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for any of the attacks.

Growth in activity remained weak despite the second-deepest price-cutting since early 2010, a survey showed Monday.

In December, Wired and Gizmodo magazines identified Craig Wright as the actual person behind the name — Satoshi Nakamoto — used by the cryptocurrency’s creator.

The environmental nonprofit highlighted “grave concerns” over the contents of the documents detailing talks between the U.S. and EU regarding the trade deal.

The battered bodies of Randy Hentzel and Harold Nichols were found in bushes in different areas of St. Mary parish, a region infamous for violent crime.

For Syrian refugees, Brazil offers a safe and legal haven, but the troubled economy has many questioning their long-term future in Latin America.

Turkey has repeatedly fired back at the Islamic State group’s positions but has said it needs greater support from Western allies.

Taking out its leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, would have a “great impact” on the Islamic State group, CIA Director John Brennan said.

More than 5,000 people took to the streets in Hong Kong to demand laws on standard working hours and a universal pension scheme.

The move comes amid growing concerns over China’s increased undersea activities in the Indian Ocean, a report said.

Following the collapse of the proposed merger, Baker Hughes announced Monday it planned to buy back $1.5 billion of shares and repay $1 billion in debt.

Security forces have sought to quell dissent since the April 15 protests against a decision by President Abdel Fattah Sisi to hand over two islands to Saudi Arabia.

The Baghdad protesters issued an escalating set of demands, including a parliamentary vote on a technocrat government, the resignation of the president and new elections.

Jean-Marie Le Pen said his daughter Marine, with whom he has had a falling-out, “will lose in the second round and maybe even in the first” in next year’s presidential elections.

After substantial territorial losses, the militant group has responded with more attacks, analysis firm IHS said.

The move is aimed at cutting electricity costs in the struggling country, which has been hurt by low oil prices.

If he wins, the Labour Party member of Parliament would become the first Muslim mayor of London.