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The shipment comes as Iran has sought to open its oil industry to an international market following sanction relief.

European Union negotiations to close the route could force desperate people to take dangerous paths to the continent, experts say.

Small-scale companies are thrilled with cosmopolitan Chinese consumers' growing demand for high-end brews, which could help global brewing giants see frothier profits.

Ratings company Fitch sees repercussions from slower growth in China and the price collapse in commodities, but not enough to slow global growth.

Bombs were dropped and Hellfire missiles launched during an air assault on a training camp in Somalia, U.S. officials said Monday.

European leaders met with the Turkish prime minister in Brussels to find a solution to Europe's worst refugee crisis since the World War II.

Greek officials say more than 2,000 migrants arrived on the country's northeastern Aegean islands on Monday, with 900 of those rescued off the island of Lesbos alone. The mass arrival comes as European leaders hold talks with Ankara in Brussels on how to tackle the growing migrant crisis.

Riyadh withdraws military aid for Lebanon, citing interference with the Iranian-backed Hezbollah group.

Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 vanished March 8, 2014, and there's little evidence to explain why. Here are the top conspiracy theories.

Tunisian security forces are dealing with the second militant attack in a week on the country's border with Libya.

The face covering has become a matter of heated religious debate in Egypt in recent months — but there’s also a political dimension.

Dozens were reported killed as Nigeria’s military stepped up a campaign against the militant group over the weekend.

President Joko Widodo made the comments at a summit in Jakarta that is being attended by representatives of 57 nations.

Turkish security officials also seized plastic explosives, a suicide vest and a detonator from the purported Islamic State militants.

The U.N.-sponsored peace talks are set to be held this week in Geneva after a landmark ceasefire led to the first significant decline in violence in Syria’s nearly five-year civil war.

The latest unrest, linked to the ongoing trial of Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko, could worsen relations between Russia and Ukraine.

Intelligence input suggested 10 terrorists from Pakistan may have entered the country, according to reports.

The findings of a new study suggest that the Chinese government may have “under-promised and over-delivered” on emissions reduction.

The delay in enactment of a bill that aims to establish a more powerful autonomous region for minority Muslims could be capitalized by the militant group, Murad Ebrahim said.

Nearly three-quarters of over 46,000 square miles of seafloor have been searched, and hopes are high that the plane could be found soon.

Andreas Lubitz, who is believed to have deliberately crashed Flight 9525, also told a doctor he had insomnia, according to a report.

An executive for a nonprofit charity, believed to be a confidant of Aung San Suu Kyi, is said to be one of the presidential candidates shortlisted by the ruling party.

Three police personnel were among those killed, according to a senior police official.

200,000 party members were given “light punishment,” while 82,000 received “heavy punishment,” a graft watchdog said.

The drills would boost both nations’ wartime capabilities and help launch precision strikes on North Korea’s top leadership in case of war.

Three people held hostage by the gunman in the Ingleburn industrial area have been freed.

The Philippines said it found no traces of weapons of mass destruction on a North Korean vessel it detained under a new U.N. resolution against the country.

At least 25 people drowned Sunday after a boat carrying migrants capsized off the Turkish coast. Ten of the dead were children. 

The U.S. has nearly finished a base in northern Syria and will start work on another, according to a report, but will not take control of any airfields in the country.