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Defense officials from both Asian countries are scheduled to meet Friday, a report said.

Guinea, one of the African nations where the most recent outbreak of Ebola took place, has asked Russia for help in dispensing the vaccine.

The nearly 44-year-old fleet of U.S. Air Force jets has survived cuts after serving in Syria and Iraq against the Islamic State group.

BAE Systems said a slowdown in U.S. Navy work prompted the layoffs, which add to the hundreds of lost jobs in 2015.

The French magazine came under fire Wednesday for a cartoon about a spate of sexual assaults allegedly committed by refugees.

As the Russian economy struggles, Russian President Vladimir Putin's inner circle continues to make gains.

Pro-Indian lobbyists on Capitol Hill are thought to have asked Congress to stop the sale of eight F-16 Fighting Falcons to Pakistan.

Shirts similar to the one worn by Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman in his Rolling Stone interview with Sean Penn have been flying off the store shelves.

Russia’s economy was booming a year and a half ago when oil prices were higher, but now officials need to make cuts.

A suspected suicide bomb blast near a polio eradication center in western Pakistan killed at least 14 people. Yiming Woo reports.

Analysts are skeptical the kingdom, the world’s top oil exporter, can diversify its economy, given its past struggles.

Vladimir Pribylovsky was a writer who covered intra-Kremlin power struggles.

Wow Air will soon offer cheap flights from the West Coast to Europe.

According to a report, 149 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli security forces in the past three months.

Ukraine has plans to expand its list of banned Russian goods while the Kremlin is preparing for a legal challenge against Kiev.

Concerns are mounting about whether the country's Muslim separatist groups are setting up a wilayat, or ISIS satellite.

Israel is the largest exporter of drones in the world. The one Germany is considering has a range of 4,600 miles.

Egypt’s housing ministry agreed Monday with one of China’s largest construction companies to build sanitation networks for 260 villages.

The move was linked to the reclusive Asian country’s announcement last week that it had successfully tested a hydrogen bomb.

Authorities have blamed the Islamic State group for the attack Tuesday in the ancient center of Istanbul, but no group has claimed responsibility.

Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying’s address sought to assuage issues such as long working hours and surging housing prices.

Following Tuesday’s suicide bombing in Istanbul that left 10 dead, Turkey must deal with terrorists that aren’t limited to the Islamic State group.

The tenants, whose DNA and fingerprints were found at these houses, gave false identities, investigators found.

The Mexican drug lord’s July escape from the same prison led to an intensive manhunt with 2,500 agents on the case before he was captured last week.

Ten U.S. Navy sailors were held by Iran Tuesday after their vessel strayed into Iranian waters. They were released earlier Wednesday.

The hackers, who claim to be affiliated with the group, Anonymous, were reportedly protesting Japan’s continued whaling program.

The incident came at a time of increased tension between Pyongyang and Seoul after the North claimed it tested a hydrogen bomb last week.

The Joint Agency Coordination Centre said Wednesday that sonar contact was made with an object last month while searching in the southern Indian Ocean for the missing aircraft.

The South Korean president asked for China’s intervention after propaganda leaflets, allegedly sent by North Korea, came across the border.