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The complaint, filed Thursday, challenges measures that increase fees on certain categories of temporary work visas for the United States.

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was detained Friday for questioning related to a corruption scandal at state-run oil company Petrobras.

Beijing and Washington have accused each other of militarizing the disputed region, which the latter considers an international waterway.

The law, passed in the Punjab province, was termed “un-Islamic” by a religious body that advises the government on the compatibility of laws with Islam.

China has consistently opposed the move, saying the system could be used to monitor its missile launches much further.

Protesters have been asking for the U.S. Futenma airbase to be removed entirely from Okinawa, instead of being relocated within the island.

Sen. Grace Poe’s popularity slipped to 26 percent, while Vice President Jejomar Binay inched up to a near-tie of 25 percent in a survey.

The move marked the largest weekly withdrawal the country’s central bank has made since 2013, while the yuan rose to its highest level in three weeks.

Relatives of those aboard the ill-fated Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 are moving to file suits against the carrier and the Kuala Lumpur government as a two-year deadline for legal action nears.

The attack was carried out by Kurdish militants in the southeastern Turkish province of Mardin, security sources said.

The outbreak of the Zika virus was declared a public health emergency of international concern in February by the World Health Organization.

The National People’s Congress, China’s rubber-stamp legislature, will begin its 10-day annual session in the capital Saturday.

The check is one of the first since the United Nations imposed further sanctions on North Korea over its nuclear program.

Last year, the Asian powerhouse had increased its defense allocation by 10.1 percent.

University of Virginia student Otto Warmbier was jailed in North Korea for allegedly attempting to remove a political banner at his hotel in January.

The delegation from the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom had been scheduled to leave for India on Friday.

The naval drills are to be held off the northern coast of the Philippines near the South China Sea to reinforce a “freedom of navigation” doctrine.

Kim Jong Un ordered his country to turn its military posture to “pre-emptive attack” mode in the face of growing threats, official media said Friday.

Cáceres had been protected under precautionary measures from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.

Scientists say putting bugs on peoples’ plates is a nutritional, economically smart and eco-friendly solution Africa’s rampant food insecurity.

Late last month, authorities carried out arrests throughout Morocco, dismantling a terrorist cell of 10 people suspected of links to the Islamic State group.

Although violence has dwindled with the cessation of hostilities, shelling and clashes continue around Aleppo and the Turkish border.

Part of the extra $21.8 million will be spent on new reception centers, where unaccompanied children can link up with relatives in the U.K.

The war-torn country was subject to a nationwide power cut on Thursday, but the ultimate cause is unknown.

Pakistan is the 69th country to get the car ride-sharing app. Passengers will have the option of paying with cash or a credit card.

Heavily armed kidnappers allegedly snatched three teenage girls Monday night from Babington Macaulay Junior Seminary School in Lagos.

House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry claims President Barack Obama will hand the naval base to the Castro regime.

ISIS has routed money from Iraq into Jordan earning as much as $25 million a month from financial markets.

For the first time ever, scientists have detected a recurring Fast Radio Burst, calling into question all existing theories about how these enigmatic signals are produced.