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The new $300 million Aceria de Angola steel mill is the first mass-producing steel factory in Angola — and the largest in West and Central Africa. Angolans desperately need it.

Ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty by the two countries could pave the way for five more to follow, a senior U.N. official said.

The mechanic, whose cousin joined ISIS in Syria, is suspected of planting a bomb on the Metrojet flight that crashed in October, Reuters reported.

The operation, codenamed "Anarchist," was run out of a Cyprus base and also targeted other Middle East states, according to documents attributed to leaks by Edward Snowden.

The attack comes after Saudi Arabia executed 47 prisoners, including top Shiite cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr on Jan. 2.

Arthur Patterson was convicted of killing a 22-year-old college student at a Burger King outlet in central Seoul in 1997.

U.N.-brokered peace talks in Geneva aim to end Syria's war, a conflict that has claimed the lives of more than 260,000 and displaced millions.

Human rights groups have condemned the crackdown on Chinese activists, which began after President Xi Jinping assumed power in March 2013.

The pan-European pay TV giant announced Friday that Murdoch will succeed Nicholas Ferguson, who is stepping down after 12 years on the board.

The November terror attacks in Paris affected domestic consumption and tourism-related activities, analysts said.

Kevin Garratt and his wife were arrested in August 2014 in the northeastern Chinese city of Dandong.

The announcement comes just months before the search operation for the missing Malaysia Airlines jet is set to conclude in June.

Recent satellite images showed increased activity at a missile site, indicating a space launch may be in the works, U.S. officials reportedly said.

The coast guard is searching through floating remnants of the small plane scattered across the crash site in Victoria.

A group of 10 rabbis traveled to the Caribbean nation last week and said the country's treatment of Haitians resembles discrimination historically faced by Jews.

Opposition leaders said their delegation would not be in Geneva on Friday because they received no assurances that airstrikes would end.

Mahmoud Abbas said the Islamic State group could gain a foothold in "the heart of Israel" if the country's West Bank policies remain unchanged.

The spread of the mosquito-borne virus has gone from a mild threat to one of alarming proportions, the World Health Organization's leader said.

A recent outbreak has spread to 23 countries and territories, the World Health Organization says, adding that a safe and effective vaccine could take a year to develop.

Denmark was slammed for its policy to seize refugees’ valuables, but other countries are also doing it.

Experts are questioning whether there’s room for concessions to be made to find a political solution to the war in Syria.

Anger at corruption among the political elite in the poorest country in Europe is driving protests split between pro-European and pro-Russian groups.

Police sources said the Paris resident arrested Thursday was found with a copy of the Quran and two handguns.

About 20 institutions in England and Paris went on high alert Thursday after receiving what police called "false and malicious" phone messages.

A top Swedish general warned at a military conference that war was on the horizon.

A bomb threat was also made Thursday morning at a school in Amsterdam.

Many were reportedly not classified as rapes if there was doubt a rape occurred.

The Iraq and Syria- based group is thought to have stolen the rifles when it took over Iraqi military bases and stole weapons.

World Health Organization chief Margaret Chan announced an emergency meeting to discuss the global response to the outbreak.