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Saudi Arabia resumed its participation in airstrikes against ISIS in recent weeks, while the U.S. has welcomed its commitment to expand its role.

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev says sanctions on Moscow and military activities close to the Russian border “only aggravate” tensions between the two sides.

The move will strengthen Min Aung Hlaing’s position in negotiations with the leader of the National League for Democracy, Aung San Suu Kyi.

French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said Russian airstrikes should stop targeting civilians in Syria to help achieve peace in the country.

The deployment comes ahead of talks next week to set up an even more sophisticated U.S. missile defense system in South Korea.

The 6.4 magnitude earthquake, which struck the southern coastal city of Tainan last week, led to the collapse of more than 10 buildings, injuring over 500 people.

The Pentagon expected the F-16s to help improve Pakistan’s self-defense capability, while India said it was disappointed with the U.S. decision.

The meeting between the Roman Catholic pope and the Russian Orthodox patriarch was a historic moment in the 1,000-year-long Great Schism dividing Christianity.

A sharp increase in microcephaly cases in Brazil has triggered a global health emergency over the mosquito-borne virus.

The teacher who had a photo of a painting taken off his account said Facebook can't distinguish between art and pornography.

Pope Francis arrives in Mexico City Saturday to begin a multiday tour designed to highlight Mexico’s growing struggles with poverty, immigration and corruption.

Amid budgetary constraints, the U.S. military cut purchases of the advanced stealth fighter jet.

An article falsely claimed the missing plane's pilot, Zaharie Ahmad Shah, had been found alive.

As soldiers assemble in Senegal for U.S.-led counterterrorism training, experts say several factors would prevent complete unity among ISIS and al Qaeda-affiliated groups in North Africa and the Sahel region.

Greece, the main gateway to Europe for more than a million refugees and migrants last year, has been overwhelmed by the influx.

Dozens were injured in the attack that took place Friday following a suicide car bomb blast in the northern town of Kidal.

Markets are likely to view the growth as unsatisfactory, considering the economy had the advantage of cheap energy, an export-boosting drop in currency and monetary stimulus.

The country's army also foiled a jailbreak attempt that would have set free the killer of American journalist Daniel Pearl, who was beheaded in February 2002.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Russia will not halt airstrikes because the plan does not apply to terrorist outfits in Syria.

The British government said that Hong Kong bookseller Lee Bo, who disappeared in late December, was likely taken to China against his will.

Indonesia will allow full foreign ownership in 29 businesses to offset a slump in exports and boost jobs in Asia's fourth-largest economy.

The rout in the Asian stock markets Friday was led by Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 Index, which slumped to its lowest level in more than a year, but several European indexes rose.

The deaths are reportedly the first in the country from the mosquito-borne virus linked to brain deformities in babies.

South Korea said its action was punishment for the North's recent rocket launch and nuclear test. The North called it "a declaration of war."

A ceasefire in the Syrian Civil War was announced by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in Munich Friday.

The "cessation of hostilities," set to begin within a week, will also include airdrops to civilians affected by the country's civil war, officials said Thursday.

The Electronic Horizon Foundation teaches members how to conceal their plans and communications from law enforcement.

With Saudi and U.S.-backed rebels losing ground in northern Syria, the Saudi kingdom has some difficult decisions to make.

A fight among members of rival drug cartels led to a fire at the Topo Chico prison in Monterrey.