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Five years after Moammar Gadhafi was toppled, Libya is plagued by instability, and Islamic militants have taken advantage of a security vacuum.

The former prime minister's runoff victory could help restore democracy in one of the world's most unstable countries.

The U.S. secretary of state will meet with the king of Jordan and the Palestinian leader amid Syrian war and increased violence in Israel and the West Bank.

Tension is growing between Ankara and Washington over the latter's support of the Kurdish Workers Party, which Turkey sees as terrorists.

France’s prime minister, on a visit to Burkina Faso, promised to aid five African countries that are fighting Islamic militants.

Scots rejected secession 55-45 percent in a 2014 vote, but since then the Scottish National Party has gained strength.

On the table are wide-ranging talks on trade and security cooperation as Russia seeks to develop its position as an Asian power.

In addition to an end to Russian airstrikes, the opposition wants vulnerable prisoners, including women and children, to be released, a source said.

Michael Gove, the justice secretary, became the first member of the Cabinet to break ranks and say he cannot support the deal.

Separately, two gunmen killed one of the most senior commanders of the Popular Resistance, a confederation of militias opposed to al Qaeda.

Protesters demanding job quotas set fire to city buses, shops and hotels in the northern Indian state as the army stepped in to maintain order Saturday.

Serbian authorities had been negotiating the release of its two embassy staff members abducted in Libya in November prior to the U.S. airstrikes on a suspected ISIS training camp.

The Category 5 storm, bearing down with winds of 185 mph, is the strongest ever to hit the island nation.

Evidence is growing of a link between the virus and birth defects, said the World Health Organization, which declared the outbreak a global emergency.

Tensions are rising amid a failed military coup, a slew of contentious arrests and one presidential challenger running his campaign from behind bars.

Pyongyang’s artillery drill Saturday caused alarm among South Korean residents living close to the disputed maritime border, South Korea’s military said.

As Turkey intensified its cross-border shelling, Russia proposed a U.N. resolution calling for plans for ground invasions to be abandoned.

After long negotiations, European leaders agreed on reforms enabling British Prime Minister David Cameron to hold a referendum on EU membership.

The change in control came three days after the beginning of an offensive against the Islamic State group in the area by the Syrian Democratic Forces supported by U.S.-led airstrikes.

An Amnesty International report condemns Turkey’s border closure and documents cases of the country’s soldiers shooting civilians, including children.

Xiao Gang, the head of China’s securities regulatory body, was removed from his post Saturday, in the wake of the Chinese markets’ terrible performance at the beginning of the year.

This time, the outcry in the U.S. is over women’s access to abortion in Latin America, which is in the midst of a public health emergency.

The Kurdistan Freedom Hawks promised more attacks against the Turkish government Friday after taking responsibility for a bombing that killed 28.

Turkey's president said U.S. support for the Syrian Kurdish PYD, which it considers an ally in the fight against ISIS, risks putting the NATO allies at odds.

Investigators have been working from the theory that the aircraft was on autopilot when it disappeared, but may now consider the "rogue pilot" theory.

Officers were checking passengers’ passports extremely slowly in protest of recent changes to their benefits.

A senior Russian diplomat has warned Syrian President Bashar Assad that Moscow expects loyalty from Damascus in return for political and military support.

The news came as South Korean officials warned of a possible “terror attack” by the North targeting defectors and anti-North Korean activists.

The stated aim of the visit — the first foreign trip by the newly-elected prime minister — is to bring frayed bilateral ties “back on track,” the Nepalese leader said.