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The U.K. foreign minister scolded Russia's president for saying he would help end the war while also bombing opponents of Assad.

The world is responding much sooner, and differently, to the latest virus than it did to the one that struck West Africa, health officials say.

The U.S. and several European countries are considering options for an anti-ISIS military intervention in Libya

State-controlled media in Russia see little chance of successful Syrian peace talks and have criticized the inclusion of groups they label as "terrorist."

The World Health Organization has declared the virus an emergency of international concern, even though its suspected link to birth defects remains unproved.

Ramzan Kadyrov, who has called critics of the Russian president "traitors" and "enemies," posted an image of an opposition leader in crosshairs.

The Turkish police and military have placed Cizre and several Kurdish cities under 24-hour martial law and curfew on the premise of “restoring public order,­” but activists say civilians have been killed in the operations.

Another million refugees are expected to enter Europe in 2016 as right-wing parties continue to gain support in Germany and elsewhere.

More than half of Muslims living in Britain were born abroad, and some London neighborhoods are nearly 50 percent Muslim.

The U.N. high commissioner for human rights called a video in which Turkish forces open fire on unarmed civilians "extremely shocking."

A potentially record-breaking El Niño is causing severe drought and food shortages in the southern African nation.

A visit by Venezuelan Oil Minister Eulogio Del Pino to Moscow is another piece of evidence that Russia may be open to production cuts.

The approval, which was needed to pursue research aimed at understanding miscarriages and infertility, is the world’s first by a national regulatory body.

The blast came ahead of a third round of four-nation talks seeking direct dialogue between the country's government and the Taliban.

A slowdown in factory growth across the region will build pressure on the European Central Bank to further loosen its purse strings.

Starvation of civilians is a potential war crime that should be prosecuted, UN Human Rights High Commissioner Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein said Monday.

At present, the only legal home broadband connections in Cuba are with diplomats and employees of foreign companies.

At least 86 people were killed in the onslaught that began Saturday evening at a village in northeastern Nigeria.

The lenders will start a review Monday of the progress Greece has made in implementing economic reforms it pledged under a massive bailout deal finalized last year.

Guerrero state's governor reportedly said that details of the case would be sent to the country's attorney general.

Online peer-to-peer lender Ezubao, the country’s largest online financial business, was accused of running a scam that duped almost 900,000 investors.

The event marks a transition of power in a country long ruled by military dictators and their proxies.

Swiss police said an investigation is underway into the death of Violier, who ran the Restaurant de l'Hôtel de Ville in Crissier, near the city of Lausanne.

Swiss authorities investigating the 1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal disclosed that over $4 billion had been misappropriated from Malaysian government-owned companies.

Huugjilt, a teenager convicted of raping and murdering a woman in 1996, was exonerated in 2014.

New South Wales Police confirmed Monday that operations were in progress at several schools in the Australian city, following "numerous threats."

Ayatollah Khamenei gave medals to Iranian Revolutionary Guardsmen for capturing sailors earlier this year.

Jordanian authorities are concerned that allowing in too many at a time could also let in Islamic State fighters.

Nigeria's government is highly reliant on oil and has suffered from a worldwide oil glut.