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Shortly before the demonstration began Saturday, Chancellor Angela Merkel publicly hardened her stance on refugees, promising that criminals among them would be expelled.

The ships were abandoned after they became encased in ice near the remote community of Wainwright in 1871.

The cause of the explosion has yet to be determined.

The head of Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority denies the agency is going soft on banks.

The official indicates the airstrikes may have harmed the Islamic State group less than other rebel organizations in Syria.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s proposal comes on the heels of a series of attacks on women in Cologne on New Year’s Eve.

Lassana Bathily, who shielded patrons of a Jewish supermarket in a walk-in fridge, has been lauded for his actions, yet still faces discrimination.

Cairo is wary of allowing Turkish aid groups access to the Gaza Strip because it may embolden Islamists in the Sinai Peninsula.

The United Nations had been urging both the government and its opposition to meet and end the five-year civil war in Syria that has killed over 250,000 people.

The CallBrussels initiative allows potential visitors to call public phones in the Belgian capital and ask locals about either its everyday life or its security status.

In a letter to the U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Iran's foreign minister said "some people" in Riyadh seemed bent on dragging the whole region into crisis.

An Egyptian court previously sentenced former President Hosni Mubarak and two sons each to three years in jail without parole.

Officials say the Islamic State group is hiring people who could conduct coordinated attacks in Europe.

The Israeli military said it killed two Palestinian men who tried to stab soldiers at a checkpoint in the occupied West Bank Saturday.

The Mexican drug lord has been sent back to Altiplano prison in Central Mexico, from which he escaped last July, much to the embarrassment of Mexican authorities.

Comments by a senior North Korean official at a propaganda rally constitute the country’s first official response to recent broadcasts across its border.

The footage’s legitimacy came under suspicion as South Korean media said the video, released Friday, is a compilation of various tests.

Researchers said active volcanos that could prove to be the most dangerous include Yellowstone in Wyoming.

Mexico may turn the 58-year-old drug trafficker over to U.S. authorities to avoid the embarrassment of another escape.

The wife of Prince William, mom to two adorable kids and one day the queen, was born Jan. 9, 1982.

The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for a Friday attack at a Red Sea resort in Egypt.

After almost a year of producing oil in Iraqi Kurdistan, international companies are revving up production and reaping rewards for their investments.

At least four Nigerian government websites were down Friday afternoon after Anonymous Nigeria declared a cyberwar against corruption, poverty and theft.

Joaquín Guzmán Loera escaped from prison July 11.

Weeks before Uganda's presidential election, President Yoweri Museveni has been accused of using murder, torture and violence to curtail opposition support.

Crimea still doesn't have the energy supplies it needs as officials warn of more rolling blackouts.

The three single-engine multirole fighters, jointly developed by Pakistani and Chinese engineers, may help in the battle against Boko Haram.

The Cubans were found in "good health" and taken to the National Migration Institute, Mexican officials said Thursday.

The detainee, who had all charges against him dropped by the U.S. in September last year, alleges sexual abuse while in custody.