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While more than 160,000 people sought asylum in Sweden, neighboring Denmark saw only 18,500 applications in 2015.

A traveling exhibition including the First Folio, a collection of the playwright's works, debuted Monday in Oklahoma, Oregon and Indiana.

The Lebanese Shiite group keeps the majority of its forces for its never-ending battle with Israel.

New York is the top target market globally for foreign real estate investors, a new survey found.

The Norwegian Medical Association has proposed the sale of tobacco products to anyone born after 2000 in an effort to phase out smoking in the country by 2035.

A cyberattack from Turkey hit Russia’s communications minister as experts say the Turkish economy stands to lose $10 billion as sanctions continue.

In a recent media chat, President Muhammadu Buhari said hijab might be outlawed if suicide bombings continue.

Tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran have heightened after the Sunni Muslim kingdom executed a top Shiite cleric.

French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo marked the one-year anniversary of attacks on its offices that left 12 dead with a controversial new cover.

The new technique uses slight variations in the brightness of stars to give a more accurate measurement of surface gravity.

Ri Su-yong's attendance at the event would mark the first such visit by a North Korean foreign minister to the forum in 18 years.

Danish Prime Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen said Monday the move was in response to Sweden’s checks on travelers from Denmark, which began Monday.

The country’s finance minister expects the bill to be passed in the next session of the parliament, which begins in the last week of February.

China’s main watchdog commission said that its local branches failed to publicize details of investigations.

According to Russia's RIA Novosti, Moscow is open to playing mediator to settle discord between the two Middle Eastern countries following the execution of a top Shiite cleric.

The attacks, an apparent retaliation for the death of prominent cleric Nimr al-Nimr, happened late Sunday.

The country’s elite National Security Guard said Monday that the situation at Pathankot Air Force Station was “under control,” as the siege entered its third day.

A U.K.-based group called Bellingcat said that it has identified the Russian soldiers allegedly involved in the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 over Ukraine.

Hong Kong bookseller Lee Bo, who went missing last Wednesday, is the fifth person associated with a publisher critical of Beijing to disappear in two months.

The video shows the execution of five prisoners identified as British spies and threatens U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron.

The blast follows a series of attacks in Kabul over recent days, including a suicide attack on a restaurant popular with foreigners and wealthy Afghans.

The Japanese leader has been trying to improve relations with Moscow, but the latter's involvement in several international crises has caused delays.

In an attempt to control the influx of refugees, Sweden will deny entry to travelers crossing the Oresund bridge without the necessary documents.

The French satirical magazine’s special edition to mark one year since the deadly attack will hit the newsstands Wednesday.

The Saudi Arabian government severed diplomatic ties Sunday with Iran amid the unfolding sectarian conflict in the Mideast.

The son of a farmer in England who died before he was born, Newton would eventually formulate the laws of motion.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said the government and the central bank would work to completely defeat it.

At least five have been killed and 100 others injured in the state of Manipur.

After Russia banned food from Ukraine, Kiev responded to Moscow with a similar measure of its own.