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The Afghan government also began a counterattack after the Taliban took over large parts of the strategically located city in northern Afghanistan on Monday.

Anti-gay rhetoric has been essential in the 91-year-old leader's effort to hold on to power in Zimbabwe.

According to Putin, Monday's discussion between the two leaders was "very constructive, businesslike and frank." But the photos seem to tell a different story.

Ireland's president urged unity among European Union nations in a speech at New York University Law School.

Speaking at the UN, Muhammadu Buhari pledged to tackle the problems his government inherited.

On Tuesday, the health services organization will hold "National Pink Out Day," offering disease screening and launching an ad campaign to counter GOP criticism.

Crises in Ukraine and Syria were discussed Monday evening as U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin met at the United Nations.

Diplomatic ties between the U.S. and Cuba progressed in July when President Barack Obama announced he would ease trade and travel restrictions, but Castro wants more.

The potential replacement for Speaker John Boehner hasn't even been in Congress a decade.

The U.S. government contributed 41 percent of the health services organization's funds in 2013 and 2014. Where does the money go?

The Environmental Protection Agency's revised health and safety standards cover about 2 million agricultural workers nationwide.

"You can’t work together; you can’t put together victims and their killers," the French president said.

Castro was expected to address the United States' embargo against his country at the United Nations.

Climate-friendly policies and technologies could help the South American country, which is beset by a recession, rising unemployment and political turmoil.

Clothing makers and retailers are increasingly trying to broaden their appeal by using minority models -- and there is evidence that it's working. 

The policy has sparked considerable protest as video footage showed huge food supplies being bulldozed, even as more than 22 million Russians live in poverty.

The Republican presidential candidate, continuing a hawkish foreign policy perspective, defended techniques used against detainees.

South Korean President Park Geun-hye suggested Monday that Iran is not the only country that needs a deal negotiated over its stockpile of nuclear weapons.

"We will not forget the past, but we do not wish to live in the past. We will not forget war and sanctions, but we look to peace and development," Iran's President Hassan Rouhani said Monday at the United Nations.

The would-be first lady was celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month, which runs through Oct. 15.

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari will make history as the first Nigerian leader in 16 years to address the U.N. General Assembly on the opening day of General Debate.

Fueled by rising tax demands from Madrid, separatist leaders want Catalonia to secede from Spain, but "given Spain’s fragile economic recovery, this is the last thing the country needs."

The Chinese president also talked about global peace, development and international order during his speech Monday at the U.N. General Assembly.

The Russian president's remarks Monday were his first before the U.N. General Assembly in a decade.

Turkey, Iran and the United Nations mediated negotiations for a ceasefire in two areas of Syria.

No arrests were made in the brawl involving hundreds at a shelter in Calden, which began with a fight over food.

Several Fed officials have indicated they could raise benchmark interest rates in October, but others suggest it may happen later.

Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump unveiled his detailed tax plan Monday. It includes a proposal to cut taxes for all individual American tax brackets.

On the one-year anniversary of Hong Kong's pro-democracy protests, demonstrators vented anger, but the movement seemed very far from effecting any kind of change.