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The most stable government is one where one party has a majority in the 338-seat House of Commons and therefore cannot be brought down by opposition parties.

Iran's vice president told the Associated Press the country is gearing up for an influx of Western tourists in the post-sanctions era.

China's actions in the South China Sea, including construction of an airstrip wide enough for military-grade aircraft, have outraged other nations as well.

The death toll of Nigerians from last month’s deadly stampede at the annual pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia has risen to 173 after some of those deemed missing were identified among the bodies.

The allies had been looking to agree on a 10-year military aid package to extend the current U.S. grants to Israel worth $3 billion annually.

In return, German Chancellor Angela Merkel expected Turkey to agree more quickly to take in refugees sent back by the EU.

Henriette Reker was at a campaign event at a local market in Cologne, Germany, when she was attacked.

Gamal el-Ghitani, 70, was one of Egypt's most renowned novelists. He died Sunday at a Cairo hospital, where he had been in a coma for months.

“The dominant issue in the campaign has been asylum seekers and migration policy."

President Obama praised Iran's agreement to additional monitoring and dispatched Ambassador Tom Shannon to Vienna to discuss the next steps.

Slovenia's interior minister says the tiny country cannot take the 5,000 people proposed by Croatia because only 1,500 a day are allowed to pass into neighboring Austria.

“I am extremely, extremely tough on illegal immigration. ... If I were running things, I doubt those people would have been in the country," the presidential candidate says.

A controversy over alleged corruption also could lead to a black eye for Goldman Sachs Group Inc., which had dealings with the government-owned 1Malaysia Development Berhad.

Among other actions, China has to pick up its pace on carrying out 172 hydropower projects, according to a top state adviser.

“We call on all sides concerned to join the work of this information center,” Russian President Vladimir Putin said, adding he would like the "broadest coalition possible."

Zanele Moyo, daughter of Zimbabwe's Higher Education Minister Jonathan Moyo, was a student at the University of Cape Town in South Africa. She was found dead in her apartment Saturday.

Authorities with France's environmental-protection agency assisted in conducting a search of the headquarters of VW's French unit.

Many economists expect China to report that its economic growth last quarter dropped below 7 percent for the first time since the global financial crisis.

China's President Xi Jinping says the government wants to lift 70 million people out of poverty by 2020.

Israel's cabinet imposed extra security measures Sunday after more Palestinian stabbings Saturday, as it widened police stop-and-frisk powers.

The German chancellor's visit to Turkey comes just days after the Middle Eastern country rebuffed a joint action program to tackle the region's refugee crisis.

To parents of active-duty soldiers and veterans, U.S. President Barack Obama's decision to keep thousands of troops in Afghanistan was much more than politics.

Sunday was so-called "adoption day" for the deal, which came 90 days after the nuclear deal with Iran was reached.

The two accused -- both 17 -- were arrested in connection with the rape of a two-and-a-half year old girl Friday.

The incident took place at the annual ZombiCon festival in Fort Myers late Saturday. The identity of the shooter has not yet been revealed.

Turnout is expected to be low in the politically divided country. Egypt has been without a parliament since 2012, when the Islamist-led lower house was dissolved.

The allies had been looking to agree on a 10-year aid package to extend the current U.S. grants to Israel worth $3 billion annually, which are due to expire in 2017.

U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton had harsh words about Alabama's move to close driver's license offices in majority African-American communities.

The strongest typhoon to strike the main island in five years is expected to linger until midweek.