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Chinese military expansion in the South China Sea has been ongoing for several years.

The religious leader's unflattering assessment of the public official comes over the left-leaning mayor's approval for gay marriage and euthanasia.

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has named a petroleum minister in his new Cabinet: himself.

The Aegean Sea crossing where a woman and child died overnight has also been the site of the deaths of more than 3,000 people this year.

Between 425 and 965 Pakistani civilians have been killed by U.S. drone strikes, according to the Bureau of Investigative Journalism.

According to the senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, sending ground forces to Syria will have “unforeseen consequences.”

Arab coalition forces reportedly stopped a ship off the coast of Oman carrying weapon supplies for Yemen's pro-Iran Houthi fighters.

The latest move by the Kremlin is considered a fresh step to fortify Russia’s military buildup in Syria.

A number of the biggest donors to Jeb Bush’s campaign and to his super political action committee, Right to Rise, would benefit significantly from his proposed energy plan.

The Donald has drawn huge crowds, but only about 3,000 people are expected at Keene High School in Keene, New Hampshire.

An end to Colombia's 50-year civil war is within reach, but it's unclear how the government will compensate over 6 million people forced out of their homes.

In January, 11 staff members of the French satirical magazine were killed in a deadly attack on its headquarters in Paris.

The deadly blasts in seven trains in Mumbai killed 188 people and injured over 800.

The two men, identified as Muhammad Shamin bin Mohamed Sidek and Muhammad Harith Jailani, were detained in two separate cases in August.

Vice-Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel, also chairman of the center-left Social Democrats (SPD), told Bild daily that refugees were welcome but that they have to make an effort to fit in.

The construction workers were abducted from Sadr City in northern Baghdad earlier this month while they were sleeping in their caravans.

Despite aerial support, Afghan security forces are struggling to retake the strategic city, which lies 108 miles north of Kabul, as the Taliban widen their offensive.

CNPC Deputy Director General Wang Zhen has said China is optimistic about a 400 billion target.

Cow slaughter and beef eating are sensitive issues in India where 80.5 percent of people follow Hinduism that considers slaughtering of the animal a sinful act.

Leading law professor Johannes Chan was barred from a top university post in a decision critics say was motivated by his support of student civil disobedience.

Media accusations of a lack of patriotism for selling Chinese assets have alarmed investors, but Li Ka-shing says he is just restructuring his business.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe vowed to contribute $1.6 billion in aid to assist Syrian and Iraqi refugees, and to usher in peace and development in the Middle East and Africa.

A lawyer for the Kentucky clerk, who refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, says she met the pope in Washington. But, the Vatican won't confirm or deny it.

CIA officials told the Washington Post that the identity of agents in the U.S. Embassy in Beijing was compromised after the theft of over 22 million federal personnel records.

Japan's chief cabinet secretary said Wednesday that his country "is certainly not doing such things."

Richard Glossip was convicted of orchestrating the fatal beating of his boss, motel owner Barry Van Treese, in 1997.

"The Taliban were attacking from several directions and we did not know what to do," Kunduz deputy Gov. Abdullah Danishy said.

After the U.S. and Russian presidents met Monday, both powers said they were committed to destroying the Islamic State group.

The former president defended his wife, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, from remarks by the Republican front-runner.