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The ECB had not been expected to expand its quantitative easing program Thursday, despite low oil prices.

The quake damaged a few dozen homes in Menyuan county in northwestern Qinghai province but no casualties were reported.

The move comes amid concerns that potential terrorists can enter easily through countries that allow visa-free travel to the U.S.

In a report based on eyewitness accounts, field investigations and satellite images, the rights group said that Kurds were waging a "revenge" campaign against Arabs for their perceived support to ISIS.

Police rescued 15 infants from the ring, which had been selling children from the country’s remote southeast for as little as about $3,000.

An ancient burial site revealed that the ritual of burying community and family members near one another dates back to the Neolithic period.

The virus, which can result in a rare brain defect for infants, has spread to at least 20 Latin American countries.

Word on the agreement followed the lifting of sanctions against the Islamic nation earlier this week.

Robert Gates, who ran the Pentagon under two presidents, said Wednesday that neither Obama nor the GOP presidential candidates seem to know how to handle ISIS.

The murder of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko shows a much larger pattern of intimidation and deaths under President Vladimir Putin.

There have been nearly 4,000 new reported cases of a birth defect that is suspected of being connected to the Zika virus.

"They should come here, to Russia. We are ready to accept them," Russian President Vladimir Putin said of Jews leaving Western countries.

Some of the skeletons found in Kenya had crushed skulls, spear wounds and bounded hands. They may provide the earliest evidence of war.

The founder of Bikram yoga stands accused of sexually assaulting and harassing women.

Confidence about near-term sales growth among chief executives around the world has fallen to its lowest level in six years.

Germany's president used his spotlight at the World Economic Forum to put additional pressure on Chancellor Angela Merkel's open-arms refugee policy.

U.K. government defense sales show arms exports to Saudi Arabia increased by more than 100 times in three months, despite human rights abuses.

The Islamic State group lauded the San Bernardino, California, terrorists and called for more such attacks.

The deal was announced a week after a new case was discovered in Sierra, just after the Ebola epidemic in West Africa was declared over.

Researchers at the Center for Strategic and International Studies said Tuesday the U.S. faces challenges in securing its interests.

The decision Wednesday comes just after French and German diplomats met with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in an effort to end the conflict.

There have been reports that dozens of young Sudanese have traveled to neighboring Libya to fight alongside radical Islamic militias.

Further oil declines caused the ruble to hit 80 against the U.S. dollar Wednesday, its weakest point since the 1998 financial crisis.

The threat of Islamic extremism as well as neo-Nazi style movements have caused German Jews to experience fear.

Tensions between Iran and Saudi Arabia, political turmoil in Brazil and uncertainty over growth in China were all matters of concern, according to a panel at the World Economic Forum in Davos.

 St. Elijah’s Monastery was some 1,400 years, and was briefly used as a chapel by U.S. forces in 2009.

Amid falling oil prices and stricter congressional spending, U.S. defense contractors are facing lower revenues and fewer orders.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will meet in Switzerland Wednesday to decide who would join the U.N.-mediated peace talks.

Falling oil prices are driving the need for creative ways to fund renewable technology, a panel of experts at the World Economic Forum said.