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Former national security adviser Mohammed Sambo Dasuki lost his job shortly after Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari took office in May.

"We are always exposed and Friday's aggression on the Thalys Amsterdam-Paris train could have resulted in monstrous carnage without the courage of several passengers," President Francois Hollande said Tuesday.

After nearly a month studying the flaperon found on Réunion Island, researchers say they still cannot confirm its origins.

As New Orleans residents celebrate the rejuvenation of their city, experts warn of a reckless delusion that has swept over the Big Easy in the decade since Hurricane Katrina's floodwaters subsided.

China's first amnesty in four decades will free military veterans, the elderly and disabled, and minors -- as long as they pose "no threat to society."

People posted images of a person dressed in a black hooded cloak on social media and called it "creepy."

This will be the first general election since the death of former leader and founding father Lee Kuan Yew, and comes amid growing dissatisfaction with the government.

Goni was accompanied with strong winds and heavy rains in most of western Japan.

UNHCR says it does not see any end to the influx of people in coming months amid continued violence in both Iraq and Syria.

According to a senior Democrat, Obama gave his blessing to Biden during a private lunch at the White House.

The victims reportedly lived in a camp for displaced people, which was near the gas company terminal, in the western Afghan city of Herat.

The news report drew condemnation from around the country last week.

According to UN estimates, there will be 4.27 million Syrian refugees by the end of 2015.

“Russia’s military activity in the Ukraine continues to be of great concern to us and to our European allies,” U.S. Air Force Secretary Deborah James said.

"Nothing about what I've said should be viewed as derogatory towards immigrants at all," Bush told reporters.

The operation comes days after a Moroccan man was accused of attacking passengers on a train in France.

Talks between the two rivals led to a decision to lift North Korea’s “quasi state of war” in exchange for Seoul stopping propaganda broadcasts.

The move comes after 14 members of the infamous Barrio 18 gang were killed in a prison in western El Salvador Saturday.

Myanmar's recent elections have been plagued by military interference.

Italy has taken over 100,000 migrants this year, but has drawn criticism for poor conditions in the camps where they are housed.

West’s comments, seen in a series of tweets late Monday, come amid questions over Bernie Sanders’ commitment to fight racial inequality in the U.S.

Choe Ryong Hae, secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, will attend the Sept. 3 parade, Chinese deputy foreign minister Zhang Ming told a news briefing.

The Sigma Nu fraternity chapter at Old Dominion University has been suspended while the school investigates a controversial banner incident.

A report suggested that Turkey alerted an al Qaeda branch called the Nusra Front to U.S.-trained Syrians entering the country in late July.

Earlier in the month, Roskomnadzor received a request from a Russian court to blacklist Wikipedia if the website did not delete the controversial article.

Emerging markets in Southeast Asia will suffer the most from Chinese devaluation but are protected from some of the worst losses seen in 1997.

In a deal with the Justice Department, a meatpacking firm will pay a $200,000 penalty and lost wages to immigrants affected by biased hiring.

“It is reprehensible to me that...a school should carry and celebrate the name of a person who fought for the enslavement of other human beings," said Moore.

Top bundlers responsible for raising major funds for the Obama-Biden campaigns in 2008 and 2012 were some of the guests invited to the vice president's residence.