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Russian government websites must do more to protect themselves from cyber-attacks, President Vladimir Putin said.

Occupy Central seeks full democratic elections in Hong Kong free from the interference of the Chinese government.

Nearly two dozen people were detained and dozens more questioned for publicizing news of the protests.

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi says he wants to improve relations with his Arab neighbors.

Government officials refused, however, to meet if students insisted on preconditions.

Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill aimed at preventing the invasion of privacy across California.

There were no children among those killed in the shelling at School No. 57 on the first day of the new school year.

Twin explosions in Homs targeted a school and hospital, according to Syrian state television. At least 17 people have been killed.

The Chinese consulate in Osaka confirmed the Lurongyu 2859 had sank.

Nearly 200,000 people had signed the petition, titled "Support Hong Kong Democracy and Prevent A Second Tiananmen Massacre in Hong Kong."

Trains on the line have been asked to take a detour so that an investigation into the crash can begin.

The head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Kurdish sources reported seeing dead Islamic State fighters at the strike sites.

Previously, France had promised EU partners it would bring its deficit below 3 percent by next year.

The company had announced last month that it had overstated its profit expectation for the first half of the year by more than $400 million.

Many civilians have reportedly been killed in the U.S.-led airstrikes in northern Syria and Iraq.

The U.S., joined by European countries, has been hitting targets in Iraq since August.

In 2002, Brazil filed a complaint in the World Trade Organization against U.S. trade subsidies, stating they were against global trade rules.

Members of the influential Shammar tribe, one of the largest in northwestern Iraq, joined the Kurds in the fighting, a tribal figure said.

Thousands of pro-democracy protesters thronged the streets of Hong Kong early on Wednesday even as China celebrates its 65th National Day.

The Taliban, fighting to oust foreign forces and the U.S-backed government, claimed responsibility for the attacks in the east and west of Kabul.

The Islamic State group reportedly executed at least two of its own members after accusing at least one of them of working for the CIA.

As ISIS seizes land in Iraq and Syria, the National Security Council briefed the president on strategy to combat the extremists

News of another lapse fueled growing concerns about the Secret Service and the porousness of Obama's security.

Militants surrounded a Turkish sovereign enclave in Syria and threatened to seize Kobane on the Syria-Turkey border.

With Obama predicting that airstrikes in Syria and Iraq could take years, defense companies are already cashing in.

People who interacted with the confirmed Ebola patient in Dallas during a crucial four-day period will be monitored for symptoms.

An unnamed Dallas patient has contracted the Ebola virus, becoming the first case in the United States.

Ontario labor officials inspected internship programs at 56 businesses and found 42 percent of them broke the law.

California is the first state to enact statewide legislation banning plastic bags in retail.