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At least seven high-level officials have reportedly fled to Australia with $1 billion stolen from public funds.

Afghanistan produces more than 80 percent of the world's illicit opium, which reportedly helps fund the Taliban and other insurgent groups.

Iran has diluted about 9,000 pounds of enriched uranium down to the level of natural uranium, the IAEA reportedly said.

Hopes are dim for any breakthrough in the talks as mass protests continue into their fourth week amid renewed aggression from police forces.

China's GDP grew at its slowest pace since 2009, exacerbating fears of a continued slowdown there, and throughout the world.

A reward was offered for information on the whereabouts of the university students, who vanished after a police shootout in Guerrero.

Same-sex couples in Wyoming can get married as soon as Tuesday, the state's attorney general said.

Justice McCaffery was suspended Monday over pornographic emails sent through a private account.

Alabama's Republican state house speaker was indicted on 23 criminal counts of corruption by a grand jury, court records released on Monday show.

Poland's parliamentary speaker, Radoslaw Sikorski, has been quoted as saying that Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed to Poland's then leader in 2008 that they divide Ukraine between themselves.

Weeks before the election, Christie won't release the findings of New Jersey's investigation of Mass. gubernatorial candidate Charlie Baker.

Gay Catholics and their supporters share their views on the final synod document.

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., plans to introduce a bill that would stop new visas for people from Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.

At least 435 people have been killed in Iraq in car and suicide bombings since the beginning of October, with an uptick since the start of September, according to Iraq Body.

After a month of negotiating, Iraq has allowed Australian troops to help in the fight against ISIS.

The Communist Party sets an ambitious goal for reform, and state-controlled media hammers the point home.

Cuba once again proves its "medical internationalism" is matched by no other country in the world.

Hackers, believed to be state-sponsored, have used similar tactics to duplicate popular sites such as Google and Yahoo.

Jeanne Shaheen leads Scott Brown by 3 points, which is within the poll's 4.4 percent margin of error.

Miss Ostland 2014, a beauty contest hosted by a pro-Hitler group on VKontakte, was suspended Sunday.

Illinois is one of 43 states with some form of early voting.

Darren Vann said he was surprised police found him so quickly.

An increasing number of reports say China's economic growth rate will fall -- soon and sharply.

Marijuana-infused edibles would have to have a clear marking or color so children do not accidentally consume them.

The Islamic State group advanced on two towns on Mount Sinjar Monday. The Yazidi population is pleading for U.S. help.

The missile used by pro-Russian separatists to hit the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was seized from Ukraine's army, says a German report.

Talks on resolving the Ukraine conflict go nowhere as fighting around the Donetsk airport intensifies.

Celebrities, thousands more flock to cash in unclaimed funds from state coffers.

Three years to the day after dictator Moammar Gadhafi was killed, Libya takes another step into full-fledged civil war.