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“I’m not willing to trade away safety for convenience,” said the city's mayor, who threatened to veto the measure.

A new IMF report predicts low economic growth of 2.5 percent for the Middle East and Central Asia as oil-rich states look to cut spending to avoid depleting their assets.

Both China and the U.S. appeared to try to keep the visit under wraps.

A series of Russian airstrikes killed dozens in airstrikes on coastal province of northwest Syria.

The Saudi Arabia-led coalition intensified ground operations in Yemen this week amid reports of 6,000 civilian fatalities.

One U.S. customer reported a severe hand burn after their window switch melted.

China's one-child policy, requiring couples from the ethnic Han majority to have only one kid, has been largely unchanged for 35 years. That may soon change.

“Hitler didn't want to exterminate the Jews at the time, he wanted to expel the Jews ... And Haj Amin al-Husseini went to Hitler and said, 'If you expel them, they'll all come here.'

The UN is concerns about a proposal by some Arab nations to classify the Western Wall -- one of the holiest sites in Judaism -- as part of the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem.

One of the suspects was captured on security cameras at the site of the incident where two people were also killed.

On Wednesday, an Italian newspaper reported that Pope Francis was diagnosed with a brain tumor, which could be cured without a surgery.

Analysts say the situation is "getting dangerous" as China adopts an increasingly assertive stance in the region.

The justice department and FBI have subpoenaed files and bank records or email accounts of over a dozen officials at Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder’s K-12 reform district, the Detroit News reported.

This was Syrian President Bashar Assad's first foreign visit since 2011, when civil war broke out in the country.

City Harvest Church founder Kong Hee and five other church leaders lent millions from church funds to his wife's manager.

Japan's annual export growth slowed sharply in September as shipments to China, its second-biggest market after the U.S., declined.

Nouman K. Raja, who was in plainclothes in an unmarked car, killed Florida musician Corey Jones on Interstate 95 early Sunday.

The deal is aimed at preventing clashes between Russian and American aerial forces, and does not constitute U.S. support for Russia's actions in Syria, the Pentagon said.

NYPD commissioner, Mayor Bill de Blasio addressed a news conference Wednesday over the shooting of Randolph Holder in East Harlem.

In a TV appearance Tuesday evening, the Republican said his 2000 book, "The America We Deserve," warned of terrorist threats, including from Osama bin Laden.

Colorado's marijuana industry has been having a ripple effect on Denver's economy.

Most of those affected have been working overseas and unable to register, but voter lists errors and ethnic violence could also affect credibility of the vote.

"If the members agree with his requests and share his vision, and if he is a unity candidate ... then he will serve as speaker. He will be all in."

Russia's assistance follows the end of five-day missions by Malaysia and Australia to help their regional neighbor.

At the White House on Monday night, President Barack Obama briefly met Ahmed Mohamed, 14, and other students.

In Silicon Valley there is a new way to show devotion to the late co-founder of Apple: Visit a local cemetery and try to find his unmarked burial plot.

Attempts to stem the flow of migrants since Hungary sealed its border with Croatia on Friday have triggered a knock-on effect throughout the Balkans.

The move would make good on a pledge that Prime Minister-designate Justin Trudeau made during his election campaign, but the country would keep military trainers in place.

The vice president's statement contradicts President Barack Obama's previous remarks that Biden was not in favor of the May 2011 raid on a compound in Pakistan.