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An annual report from the Economist Intelligence Unit includes some of the usual suspects as well as some surprises.

Autocratic regimes have become key partners in the fight against terror in the region. But observers fear U.S. aid could fuel ISIS growth.

The United Nations released a report Friday detailing deteriorating conditions in the world's youngest country where children as young as nine years old are being gang-raped.

While both countries agreed on the need for measures to prevent North Korea's nuclear development, they condemned the deployment of a missile defense system by the U.S.

China's big cities, some of the most polluted on the planet, have continued to experience severe air pollution.

Taiwan's Defense Ministry said the sale was part of a deal reached last year.

The United Nations says in a report that the Islamic State group is capitalizing on the political and security vacuum in Libya to grow its network.

Yak Yew Chee, a former senior vice president at BSI Singapore, had sought a high court approval to transfer funds from overseas bank accounts and unfreeze his assets.

A moment of silence was observed across Japan to mark the fifth anniversary of the March 11 tsunami that devastated the country's northeast.

The world’s second-largest economy will release a slew of data points Saturday while top central bank officials will hold a press conference.

The company is expected to resume operations before the first anniversary of what is considered to be Brazil’s worst environmental disaster.

Experts will examine the debris found two weeks ago in the African nation for possible links to the missing aircraft.

Htin Kyaw runs a charity founded by Suu Kyi and has been a trusted member of her inner circle since the mid-1990s.

Self-styled Islamic militants in the southern Philippines have demanded ransom for the release of a Filipino and three foreigners they captured in September 2015.

The move, reported by state-run media, would violate U.N. sanctions that also ban ballistic missile tests, although Pyongyang has rejected them.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's visit marked the first White House state dinner for a Canadian leader in 19 years.

A misspelling of "foundation" as "fandation" prompted Deutsche Bank to seek clarification -- leading to a transaction halt, officials said.

Mikhail Lesin, whose body was found in November in a Washington hotel room, suffered numerous injuries, the D.C. medical examiner's office said.

As peace talks continue in Geneva, the biggest sticking point remains the fate of Syrian President Bashar Assad.

While the U.S. and EU hold steady with sanctions against Russia, a Ukrainian pilot's detention is fueling protests in both Kiev and Moscow.

Russia’s economic problems, fueled by low oil prices and Western sanctions, are causing misery as well as some new opportunities in the country’s mid-sized manufacturing towns.

While Canada has accepted more than 26,000 refugees from the war-torn country, the United States has accepted fewer than 1,000.

Friday marks the fifth anniversary of the disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi facility. Workers are still trying to contain the damage.

After signing a defense deal with the Philippines, Beijing has criticized Tokyo’s growing role in the contested South China Sea.

Users on social media have reportedly complained that the illustrations are too suggestive.

The lander was originally scheduled for launch this month, but it was postponed after NASA failed to repair a leak in a vacuum enclosure.

Much of the funds added to the defense budget will go toward domestic production, according to the Wednesday announcement.

Indian liquor baron and the erstwhile aviation magnate Vijay Mallya has left the country without repaying an estimated $1.3 billion in debts to over a dozen banks.

Bangladesh says the U.S. Fed wrongly released $100 million of the country's money to a bank account in the Philippines, money which was reportedly used to buy chips or pay for losses in Manila casinos.