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Why are there no treatments for Ebola? The economics of medical research are partly to blame.

A suicide bomber blew himself up at a Shiite religious ceremony in Nigeria Monday. 20 people were killed in the attack.

One poll says the Iowa Senate race between Joni Ernst and Bruce Braley is "decided," while another calls it a "dead heat."

Bostonians are expected to turn out en masse for the funeral of former Mayor Tom Menino, who served the city for more than 30 years and died Thursday of cancer.

Ernst said she was “greatly offended” by Harkin’s comparison, and said he wouldn’t have brought up her appearance if she were a male candidate.

Amid tensions at Temple Mount, prime minister Netanyahu takes "vigorous action against terrorists."

New polls indicate the GOP has the advantage in the South, including in two states Democrats hope to win in their bid to keep Senate control.

The economy's a big issue; immigration isn't. The key, as always, will be turnout.

The Taliban have increased attacks against government forces and officials, as U.S.-led foreign troops prepare to leave the country.

According to Western media sources in Ukraine, troop movements have been seen coming from Russia amid election melee.

ISIS claimed that it had captured the Jahar gas field, less than a week after seizing the Sha'ar gas field in Syria's Homs province.

Tuesday's congressional elections are likely to bring humbling losses to the Democratic party.

The move comes as part of President Xi Jinping’s agenda of rooting out corruption in government as well as in the private sector.

The case is a potential minefield for the U.S. government, which does not recognize Israel’s claims over Jerusalem.

Rurik George Caton Jutting was charged with two counts of murder in Hong Kong, a city that has one of the lowest homicide rates in the world.

P&G has been operating in Argentina since 1991, and has three manufacturing plants and two distribution centers in the country.

Pakistan's northwest, hundreds of miles from the latest attack, is one of the last bastions of local militants and their foreign affiliates.

The theft was described as "an offensive attack on the memory of the Holocaust" by Jerusalem's Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum.

A poll by YouGov, for The Sunday Times newspaper, showed that 73 percent of voters thought Miliband, 44, was doing badly.

The frequency of Chinese visits to Colombo harbor has become a concern for New Delhi, Indian officials have told Reuters.

The United Nations has threatened to impose sanctions against the country if its army refused to transfer control.

The execution-style killings of members of the Albu Nimr tribe have become a daily affair in territories controlled by ISIS.

President Barack Obama had to switch planes during his return from Philadelphia to Washington on Sunday night, the White House said.

A mining electrician-turned-rebel leader, Alexander Zakharchenko, won over 81 percent of the vote, according to the rebels' exit polls.

Most voters care more about domestic issues than ISIS and Ebola.

“Today's strike demonstrates our government's firm resolve to tackle the threat of terrorism," Defense Minister Rob Nicholson said.

"The vote is illegal and illegitimate, and the European Union will not recognize it," Mogherini said.

At least 230 people have been killed since the army began waging an offensive against Islamist groups in the eastern city.

Crowds of people gathered after more than 50 people were killed by a suicide bomber in Pakistan.