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Although the history of occupation on islands in the South China Sea goes back many years, China began to assert itself in the region in 1974.

“Certainly, you can’t say when the economy is not growing that your original plan will be implemented as they were,” President Jacob Zuma said Tuesday.

“What debris does escape may someday be found on a Madagascar or African beach,” the expert said. “Otherwise, the debris will forever circle counter-clockwise in the Southern Indian Ocean current.”

Rousseff's approval ratings budged slightly to 8.8 percent from 7.7 percent in July, but 86.7 percent don't support her tax hike.

Hillary Clinton, in a new poll, holds a commanding lead over Sen. Bernie Sanders in the first-voting state of Iowa.

The U.S. concedes any political transition in war-torn Syria would most likely include Iran and maintain a place for Syrian President Bashar Assad.

A federal investigation seeks to determine whether Hobby Lobby's billionaire owners looted Middle East artifacts for their Museum of the Bible.

Fox News fans are saying that Fox personality Jesse Watters was kicked off a college campus for "asking about liberal bias."

Now that Russia and Iran have stepped up their offensives, Assad has the upper hand in Syria, Gen. Joe Dunford said Tuesday.

Some 60 percent of illegal guns recovered by the city in a four-year span came from outside Illinois.

A new program called "Bridging the Gap" will provide students with grants covering half or all of their campus costs, depending on their income.

The Chinese say they monitored the destroyer USS Lassen as it made its way toward the disputed waters Tuesday.

The parents of a 19-year-old Russian soldier were told his death in Syria was a suicide due to an argument with his girlfriend, but they don't believe it.

Comments from Russia's Finance Minister over the country's Reserve Fund have raised further concerns about the real state of the country's economy.

“I just have three words for you: joint checking account. That money all lands in the same place, baby.”

A single Planned Parenthood supporter said she stopped a small protest outside of an Oregon clinic Sunday.

Niya Kenny, 18, told a local news station she was also taken into custody at a South Carolina High School after her classmate was arrested by a police officer.

The 7.5 percent increase is only an average, and price hikes will vary substantially by state.

The near absence of a victim-centered support system in India means young girls in poor families have few options for redress if they are raped.

Seventy-one percent of LGBT characters on cable and 73 percent of those on streaming services are white.

Japan banned child sexual abuse imagery in June 2014, but excluded manga comics.

Any move to put combat troops back on the ground in Iraq would be a significant departure for Obama.

After months of Trump challenging the Republican Party, he is slated to raise money for the party for the first time.

The senator put his campaign where his mouth is and rallied with union workers Monday.

At a moment of heightened terrorism fears, Russia has detained 150 migrant workers accused of ties to militant groups.

Israeli lawmaker hopes to foster cultural understanding and peace with a bill to teach Arabic to Israeli students and Hebrew to Arabic students.

Dana Zzyym was denied a passport in December after they refused to pick a gender.

The strike, which comes weeks after another Doctors Without Borders hospital was targeted by U.S. forces in Afghanistan, caused extensive damage and several injuries.

With international sanctions slated for repeal as early as next year, tobacco companies could benefit from gaining a foothold now in the Iranian market.