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Japan has offered to provide the Philippines with surveillance aircraft as China reaffirms its military capability in the turbulent South China Sea region.

An audit ordered by Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari revealed nearly 24,000 employees on the government’s payroll did not exist.

The part of the Calais camp in northern France that is being cleared serves as a shelter to as many as 3,500 refugees.

The move will continue to raise questions about whether China can pull off its shift to an economy oriented toward domestic demand and away from export-led growth.

The country’s budget for the 2016-17 financial year, announced Monday, addressed its rural economy ahead of key state elections later this year.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and his moderate allies have secured a majority in the clerical assembly, and are poised to take all 30 parliamentary seats in Tehran.

Nearly half a million people are estimated to be trapped in besieged towns and villages in Syria.

The recent disappearances of Hong Kong booksellers have prompted fears that mainland Chinese authorities are attempting to curb civil rights in the region.

As the ceasefire in Syria entered its third day Monday, Russia’s state-owned media said the deal was proof that Russia is one of the world’s key decision-makers.

The distinctive blue bubble surrounds a distant "Wolf-Rayet star," described by NASA as celestial bodies that "live fast and die hard."

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi recently accused Philippines of “political provocation” in seeking arbitration to resolve the territorial dispute in the South China Sea.

In a close contest Sunday, Alvin Yeung from Hong Kong’s pro-democracy Civic Party won 37 percent of the votes, defeating the pro-establishment candidate.

The multimillion-dollar search for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 that went missing in March 2014 has stretched for nearly two years with no concrete clues about the plane’s whereabouts.

Otto Frederick Warmbier, the 21-year-old University of Virginia student, asked the U.S. administration not to manipulate people to commit crimes against foreign countries in the future.

Senior officials from the two nations will meet Monday to discuss a host of bilateral issues, ranging from economic cooperation to counterterrorism operations.

The layoffs, some of which will come in 2016, are part of the country’s efforts to cut industrial overcapacity.

“I’m not here to defend the indefensible,” Australian Cardinal George Pell, a high-ranking Vatican official, testified.

Officials said the two countries are near an agreement that would include the U.S. helping India build its largest aircraft carrier.

A majority of Swiss voters rejected a proposal that would have automatically expelled foreigners who commit minor offenses.

As European countries close their borders, asylum-seekers find themselves stranded, and officials warn of a humanitarian crisis.

Interior Minister Angelino Alfano pledged the bill would go no further.

Police Colonel Abdi Osman said the death toll was 17, mostly civilians, with 25 others injured.

As Friday’s elections returned poor results for the ruling Fine Gael-Labour coalition, the first political moves to form a new government will get underway Monday.

Two blasts rocked a market on Sunday in the northeast suburb of Sadr City, killing at least 70 and wounding more than 100.

Microblog portals were ordered to ban the account of Ren Zhiqiang, known for his bold remarks on China's economic policy, for “spreading illegal information.”

While no group claimed responsibility for the attack, both the United States and Libyan government forces have launched airstrikes on jihadi targets in recent months.

The binding referendum on the controversial proposal, described by critics as Switzerland’s “Nazi moment,” will be held Sunday.

Reports of fighting between police and soldiers added to upheaval in the embattled Helmand province.

A methane gas leak is said to have caused the explosions on Thursday and Sunday. Five rescuers are among the dead.