"The actions of China's aircraft in the airspace over the relevant sea are justified and legal," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying told a daily news briefing.
The Russian foreign ministry has apologized to its French counterpart through diplomatic channels.
"We beat fear with hope, we beat cynicism with hard work,” Justin Trudeau, who led the Liberals to a landslide victory in Canada, said in his victory speech late Monday.
A lack of coordination among European Union countries along the refugees' migration route has created a massive logjam across the Balkans.
Reunions, which North Korea uses for leverage, resume after a confrontation in August.
Justin Trudeau's Liberal Party unseated Stephen Harper's Conservatives who were in power for nine years.
Ohio, one of 31 U.S. states with the death penalty, has not executed an inmate since January 2014 and had planned 11 executions in 2016.
There's plenty of bad news for Jeb Bush, Carly Fiorina and other Republican presidential candidates in the latest Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll results.
The Democrat's requests were prompted by what she called the "egregious actions of Turing Pharmaceuticals," according to letters reviewed by Reuters.
If Jim Webb decides to make the jump from Democrat to independent, he would follow the likes of Ralph Nader, whose candidacy enabled Republican George W. Bush to defeat Democrat Al Gore.
A 19-year-old undergraduate student was arrested in connection with the crime, according to reports.
The jet was flying a routine combat air patrol in Paktia province Oct. 13 when it was struck, a U.S. military official said.
The weakening storm is now forecast to turn east into the Pacific Ocean in the next few days, sparing Taiwan, the U.S. Navy Joint Typhoon Warning Center predicted.
Between 2009 and 2013, Ireland lost more than 18,000 euros ($20,500) per person, while Spaniards saw wealth drop by 13,000 euros, European Central Bank data show.
Majed Abdulaziz Al-Saud was scheduled to appear in court Monday, but the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office has decided not to pursue the matter.
South African sentencing guidelines say non-dangerous prisoners should spend only one-sixth of a custodial sentence behind bars.
Analysts widely hailed Clinton, 67, as turning in a nimble performance at the debate last week, easing fears among some Democrats about her candidacy.
A civil rights groups said Wisconsin voters face barriers to the polls because of the state's strict voter ID law.
The Oslo city council plans to reduce auto traffic throughout the city by 20 percent by 2019 and 30 percent by 2030.
A U.N. document reportedly recommended that member states consider decriminalizing drug possession and personal consumption, and argued that “arrest and incarceration are disproportionate measures.”
The 14-year-old, who was arrested last month in Texas, was to be among 100 participants in an astronomy event Monday evening.
Counterterrorism police raided some 18 apartments they believed were being used as Islamic State group training camps.
A report from the Guardian shows that more people than previously thought were detained in a secret detention facility.
Chinese President Xi Jinping visits Britain as economic activity between the two countries is skyrocketing, with Chinese investment in the U.K. rising to $8.5 billion in 2014.
In a quiet move, the U.S. State Department cut millions in funding to Mexico tied with the drug war over the Mexican government's failure to improve human rights conditions.
A cautious U.S. approach to the conflict in Syria suggests America’s heart isn’t fully in the fight, some critics say, fearing that Russia's involvement could make matters worse.
The former president will reportedly stump for wife Hillary Clinton in Iowa this weekend, as challenger Sen. Bernie Sanders' poll numbers rise.
Religious liberty was among the big issues on the table at a faith forum, which was attended by six GOP presidential candidates.
The two ships, known as the Sevastopol and the Vladivostok, were custom-built for Russia, but the final handover from France didn’t go ahead because of Moscow’s intervention in Ukraine.
Legislation that implements stricter gun control measures in Connecticut and New York have been upheld.
