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Japanese TV canceled a segment featuring performers in blackface, but it was not clear if protests were the reason.

The move aims to combat hoarding and smuggling, which President Nicolás Maduro has blamed for the country's severe goods shortages.

A former French police officer was among the four people arrested on Monday, according to local sources.

A Tibetan leader from the officially atheistic government insists the Dalai Lama must reincarnate in line with Buddhist beliefs.

At least 20 former German soldiers are fighting in the Middle East for Islamist groups, the head of military intelligence said.

The national organization of Sigma Alpha Epsilon suspended the chapter Sunday night.

Coalition forces entered Nigeria in a massive convoy that included tanks, cargo trucks and water tankers, a witness said.

The next president may nix a potential accord with Iran, Republican senators said.

A trailer of a new documentary shows Putin speaking about an all-night meeting that discussed annexing Crimea.

Ivana Hoffman, 19, was part of the Kurdish Peoples Protection Units fighting the militant group in Syria.

The Royal United Services Institute said the army could face massive spending cuts, after the general elections in May.

The case is the latest high-profile incident of violence against schoolchildren in Egypt.

"We're just looking forward to seeing him when we get over there, giving him a hug," the brother of one of the two inmates said.

Authorities said that Lily Groesbeck was suspended upside down just above a frigid river for 14 hours.

The president's disapproval rating is under 50 percent for the first time since he was re-elected in 2012.

A series of unauthorized drone flights over strategically sensitive areas have put French authorities on alert.

Reacting to a new U.N. report, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said his country was "sick of being lectured" over its immigration policies.

A 41-year-old Indian woman was stabbed to death on Saturday in an attack described by Australian authorities as "brutal and cowardly."

The Indian prime minister's visit is part of his government's diplomatic offensive to re-exert India's waning influence in the region.

Nemtsov's associates believe that the Kremlin stood to gain from the killing because he was determined to expose official corruption.

The video was made Saturday when the students were going to a date party, and was uploaded online by a black student.

Employees of the Department of Environmental Protection were allegedly told to stop using the words in official communications and emails.

Claims of the high-school dropout's recruitment, hailed by ISIS as a "major coup," had emerged on Twitter in late December.

Lippert, who may be discharged on Tuesday, had undergone a two-hour surgery and received 80 stitches.

Greece's government has scrambled to secure an agreement with its European creditors that would avoid austerity measures.

Mayoral challenger "Chuy" Garcia calls action "too little, too late."

Investigators have said they are trying to determine whether the Nemtsov murder could be part of an Islamist plot.

"The Klan is still out there and we are watching."

"We didn’t have to call it marriage, which offends myself and a lot of people.”