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Belgium and Paris cancel New Year's Eve firework shows. Rio de Janeiro plans to go ahead as normal, but joins them in beefing up security. Paul Chapman reports.

After the rouble reached a new 2015 low against the dollar, a downturn in services and manufacturing data adds to the gloom over Russia's economy.

Leaders of the Palestinian movement determined such events were “incompatible” with Islam, a police spokesman said.

A New Year's Eve blaze ignited in the 63-story the Address Downtown Dubai hotel ahead of a fireworks event.

Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi was not injured, but his associates had to briefly evacuate the city, which was under ISIS’ control until recently.

The embassy encouraged Americans to exercise caution around New Year’s as local police announced they had arrested seven individuals with suspected links to ISIS.

The military buildup could "present continuing challenges to U.S. and allied naval forces," an intelligence report said.

The arrests follow the cancellation of the traditional New Year’s Eve fireworks in Brussels.

Just weeks after the Paris and San Bernardino, California, attacks, the NYPD has stepped up security for the iconic Times Square celebration.

Now liberated from ISIS by Iraqi forces after months of airstrikes, the Iraq city needs a massive investment in reconstruction to be livable again.

The scandal-hit fund, founded by Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, has been accused of mismanagement.

Chinese officials said Thursday that the military is building another aircraft carrier as part of its efforts in the disputed South China Sea region.

Temperatures in the North Pole rose above freezing Wednesday, as a "freak" storm created a low-pressure system over the region.

The attack occurred Tuesday night near the citadel of Derbent — reportedly Russia's oldest city — killing one person and injuring 11 others.

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The company is currently involved in a legal battle with the Pentagon over a $6.75 billion contract for Humvee trucks.

US officials said they were unaware of any imminent or credible threats of attacks inside the U.S. or on American targets overseas.

The news agency's services went offline briefly earlier Thursday due to what the BBC's press office described as a "technical issue."

Two people were sentenced to death, while several others received jail terms over the killing of atheist blogger Rajib Haider in February 2013.

The bill, passed by the lower house of the parliament Wednesday, enables the government to replace the heads of state radio and television.

Turkish citizen Alparslan Celik said in an interview that he participated in the killing of Oleg Peshkov, one of the pilots of a Russian jet shot down by Turkey last month.

China has refused to renew the press credentials of Ursula Gauthier, a reporter for the French current affairs magazine L'Obs.

Kim Yang Gon played a key role in talks between the two Koreas in August, after tensions peaked over an exchange of artillery fire.

Egypt suspended the free internet program, which critics say violates net neutrality, just days it was temporarily banned in India.

The Eastern Star was carrying elderly tourists from Nanjing in China's east to Chongqing city when it sank on June 1.

The news comes a day after police arrested two people for allegedly planning attacks in the Belgian capital on New Year's Eve.

The graft investigation against Zhang Lijun, who served in his position between 2008-2013, began in July.

Ricardo Martinelli’s name came to light in a case against Vicente Garcia, a former executive of SAP, a German software company.

Tehran has disputed a Western assessment that an Emad missile is capable of delivering a nuclear warhead.