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"We will take our time to defend whatever is defendable to ensure whatever we pay is meritable," a police commissioner said.

A Japanese official has been criticized after encouraging women to "contribute" to the country by bearing children.

The U.S. military was supposed to place new weapons in Germany by yearend, but officials said the transfer would likely take place closer to 2020.

The court’s ruling was likely to again raise debates over the classification of refugees versus economic migrants.

In his U.N. speech, the Israeli prime minister is expected to blast the Iran nuclear deal, which Israel bitterly opposed when it was signed earlier this year.

The stoppage is due to yet another leak, for which the Anglo-Dutch energy giant gave no reason.

"Washington's willingness to move forward with radars sends a clear signal."

Witnesses in war-torn Syria said airstrikes have injured at least 100 civilians, despite Russian officials' claims that their strikes are targeting ISIS.

In September, Kim Davis blamed Gov. Steve Beshear for her legal troubles after she refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples on religious grounds.

Judges at the Luxembourg-based court ruled that Italian legislation prescribing a one- to four-year jail term for such an offense was in line with EU law.

Locals hunted down the witchcraft suspect, who was then tied to a pole and set ablaze after the incident.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said that a joint response needed to solve the Syrian crisis.

Stores in the state are said to be attracting customers with T-shirts, food trucks and live bands.

Tehran nearly doubles the number of deaths of its citizens in the Saudi disaster as the two nations seek to ease tensions.

Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou's comments underscore how far Taiwan has moved from embracing China following massive protests on the island last year.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov defended his country's latest offensive in Syria, and said there was no evidence of civilian deaths from the airstrikes.

According to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Russia’s airstrikes in Syria are “surgical.”

Jennifer Ries had to be taken to an urgent care facility and a burn clinic after an e-cigarette she was smoking exploded in 2013.

The government had decided to use a single gateway as a tool to regulate information flow from other countries, and to restrict inappropriate websites.

IHS Jane's Defense Weekly claimed that new satellite images show what appears to be the hull of an aircraft carrier under construction in a dry dock.

Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump said some Syrian refugees may be part of ISIS, and asked why they were fleeing their country instead of fighting the militants.

Unflattering information about U.S. Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, who chairs a committee investigating the agency, was made public.

Several Latino farm and ranching groups spoke out against the USDA’s $1.3 billion claims process fund for addressing discrimination, terming it unfair.

Awarding Queen Elizabeth II’s husband the Order of Australia in January sparked public and political backlash with questions arising over the procedure for issuing knighthoods.

In an address to the U.N. General Assembly, Sharif said cease-fire violations in Kashmir were intensifying, causing civilian deaths.

Airstrikes supposedly aimed at ISIS appeared to hit everything but their purported target, experts said.

While industry groups applauded the decision, environmental groups likely felt defeat.

More than 50 people were injured in what authorities said appeared to be coordinated attacks with a criminal, rather than terrorist, motive.

Details of the operation and which areas were under government control were not immediately clear.