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Publications printing false news included business magazine Caijing, Shanghai’s the Paper and the Jinan Times, Xinhua News Agency said.

The pattern of the attack is similar to recent killings of secular activists and atheist bloggers by Islamic militants in the Muslim-majority country.

A panel of experts is soon expected to say it was unable to solve the case due to the government's unwillingness to cooperate.

State oil giant Pemex has said only that Wednesday's massive explosion was caused by a leak. It has not fully explained what happened.

Bags full of shredded documents were seized Friday from the offices of Mossack Fonseca, epicenter of a massive data leak.

Tremors will continue for weeks, an emergency management official warned Friday, calling on Ecuadoreans to stay calm.

The recall concern, where vehicles could roll away after drivers exit, has been linked to as many as 41 injuries, the automaker said.

To help residents of Lebanon’s capital recycle e-waste, the ride-hailing company teamed with local NGO Beeatoona.

Fawaz Ould Ahmeida is accused of masterminding the November raid on the Radisson Blu hotel in Mali's capital of Bamako, among others.

Representatives of 171 countries signed a landmark climate accord Friday in New York. But it won't take effect until lawmakers in at least 55 nations ratify it.

During a visit to Britain, Obama said Britain's EU membership has helped make the world freer, richer and able to tackle key problems.

Rabbis Chaim Kanievsky and Yitzchak Zilberstein sniffed some marijuana leaves this week and said they had a "healing smell."

President Dilma Rousseff could be removed from office within weeks in an impeachment process that has paralyzed her government.

To celebrate Earth Day, take a look at these stunning photos of our planet from space by NASA and learn how you can do your part to protect it.

If Kenya fails to prove that it’s cracking down on doping, some of the world’s best athletes could miss out on the Olympics.

What has been dubbed Russian President Vladimir Putin's “personal army,” meant to fight crime and terror, could be authorized to shoot into crowds.

President Obama’s recent pro-European Union solidarity plea isn’t going down very well in the United Kingdom.

Somali migrants travel through Sudan into Libya or Egypt, from where they set off in overcrowded, rickety boats that must sail through choppy seas.

Passover, the Jewish holiday that celebrates the biblical story of liberation from bondage in Egypt, is just about here.

The country will send an unmanned rover to Mars by "around 2020," the country’s top space official announced Friday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed his grief over the lives lost in the landslide, which occurred Friday in the northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh.

As many as 150 people have reached Greek shores from Turkey every day over the last three days, the International Organization for Migration reported.

Earth Day is a time to reflect on the beauty of Mother Nature and learn ways (and teach others) to keep her healthy.

On Sunday, the Hubble Space Telescope — product of a collaboration between NASA and the European Space Agency — will turn 26.

The families of 13 North Koreans who defected to South Korea earlier this month after working at a restaurant in China will be allowed to visit them in Seoul.

Experts say Beijing could use its planned floating nuclear reactors to power defense facilities on islands in the South China Sea.

According to Israel’s top-selling newspaper, Russian military forces in Syria fired at Israeli Air Force planes at least twice in recent weeks.

Almost 30 years after the world’s worst nuclear disaster, a construction project that aims to enclose a nuclear plant inside a giant stainless steel arch is nearing its end.

Regulators in the world’s second-largest economy have issued new guidelines for its banks to limit lending to steel and coal companies.