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Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump had harsh words for German Chancellor Angela Merkel's commitment to take in hundreds of thousands of refugees.

A growing number of children have been pulled into Yemen's conflict as the fighting has intensified in recent months, a United Nations official says.

"We need a fresh face, and that's, in part, why I put my name in for the spot," says U.S. Rep. Jason Chaffetz of Utah, one of the few who actually want the job.

“In the absence of other financial resources, the safeguarding of the city could be achieved by giving up some artworks," says Mayor Luigi Brugnaro.

A resident of the Philippines says his relative spotted wreckage of a plane with a Malaysian flag inside on the island of Tawi Tawi.

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The detentions came a day after two suicide bombers killed at least 95 people at a peace rally in the Turkish capital of Ankara.

"Whatever happens, we're not going to do this," Russian President Vladimir Putin says. "And our Syrian friends know about it."

The Iraqi military says Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the reclusive leader of the Islamic State group, was in a convoy hit by its air force.

Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Stanley Fischer says “considerable uncertainties” surround the U.S. economic outlook.

Asked whether she could give her word that there would be no tax increases in connection with the refugee crisis, Angela Merkel replied, "Yes, definitely."

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Accused of genocide and war crimes, Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir visited South Africa in June, but was allowed to leave it despite a court order to detain him.

With the world’s attention focused on the Middle East and Europe, the leaders of small island countries have pointed to a separate burgeoning refugee crisis.

If and when a global deal to curb climate change is done in Paris this December, the matter of enforcement is likely to be left not to sanctions but to peer pressure.

Iran successfully tested a new precision-guided ballistic missile, Defense Minister Hossein Dehghan was quoted as saying on Sunday, signaling an apparent advance in Tehran's attempts to improve the accuracy of its missile battery.

The fund's chief says global economies still face substantial risks and that "continued monetary policies and improved financial stability" constitute the best course.

Listening to Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and his re-elected leftist government, you would think the revolution had been postponed, not canceled.

The Syrian army backed by allied militia have advanced in western Syria after heavy Russian airstrikes in areas around the main highway running through major cities, a group monitoring the war said on Sunday.

Conservative Republicans are seeking changes to House procedures, but some of their colleagues fear such a move would make the chamber impossible to govern.

The country's prime minister says he previously received intelligence reports that ISIS or the PKK intended to deploy suicide attackers. The claims have not been verified.

A loud explosion rocked the center of the Afghan capital on Sunday after an apparent suicide attack against a convoy of foreign troops, a security official said.

Britain is seeking a rebalancing of power in the bloc, with reforms that would include allowing groups of national parliaments to scrap EU laws.

Belarussians head to the polls on Sunday to cast their vote in presidential elections all but certain to re-elect authoritarian incumbent Alexander Lukashenko for a fifth term.

"We are not reaching any conclusions from these reports," the Cuyahoga County prosecutor said.

The next chief executive is due to be chosen in 2017.

A Palestinian woman wounded an Israeli policeman in an explosive attack Sunday, the latest incident in an upsurge in violence in the decadeslong conflict this week.

A terror attack that left at least 95 dead, occurring less than three weeks before decisive snap elections, threw hopes of peace into doubt.

Opponents say the law will just make schools more vulnerable to attack.