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Former President Yanukovych sparked unrest when he failed to sign the deal last fall, in favor of a fateful agreement with Russia.

John Kerry urged leaders of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region on Tuesday to stand with Baghdad in the face of the onslaught.

In May, Washington indicted five Chinese military officers for hacking U.S. companies.

Her husband Inaki Urdangarin is accused of embezzling several millions of euros in public funds.

Lawmakers are set to discuss a controversial trade pact during Zhang’s visit, while he conducts meetings with minority groups and businessmen.

Explosions hit Ghamra metro station in central Cairo and a northern district of Greater Cairo, according to state television and security sources.

The cause behind the derailment, which sent 12 cars off the rails, is being investigated.

ISIS, in a short span of a few days, has taken over vast swathes of Iraq's north and now controls the country's western border.

Rep. Rangel beat his challenger, Dominican-American Adriano Espaillat, despite his district's changed demographics.

The tea party-backed challenger failed to defeat longtime Mississippi incumbent Senator Cochran. Mainstream GOPers did well in other races, too.

Rebels shot down a Ukrainian helicopter carrying technicians who had been installing equipment to monitor violations of a peace plan in Ukraine's rebellious east on Tuesday, killing all nine people on board, a military spokesman said.

The contract, announced in the Pentagon's daily digest of major contract awards, runs through Sept. 30, 2022.

Lankford avoids a runoff and faces the Democratic nominee and an independent in November by capturing over 50 percent of the vote on Tuesday in the seven-person GOP primary field.

Security forces fought Sunni factions for control of Iraq's largest oil refinery and militants launched an offensive on one of its biggest air bases less than 60 miles from Baghdad.

House Speaker John Boehner may be planning to file a lawsuit against President Barack Obama' for his executive actions.

The "Risky Business" climate report unveiled Tuesday underscores the challenges that U.S. oil and gas firms face from global warming.

Gov. Jay Inslee and others, two weeks before the opening of the state's first marijuana stores, said their main goal is to keep pot from those under 21.

Will the newbie Tea Party candidates take down the much larger, veteran pachyderms?

Attacks by ISIS on predominantly Shiite villages near Kirkuk signal a widening sectarian war, but Baghdad's story is overshadowing it.

As Jeh Johnson assured U.S. lawmakers the Obama administration is doing everything it can, the crisis was deepening the stark battle lines between Republicans and Democrats in Washington, D.C.

Kiev said pro-Russian rebels in east Ukraine had shot down a military helicopter, most likely killing all nine on board. It was the most serious breach of a temporary ceasefire agreed in talks between government and rebels less than 24 hours earlier.

An income inequality report underscores little progress in offering home-grown job opportunities for hundreds of millions.

U.S. District Judge Anna Brown, ruling in a lawsuit filed in federal court in Oregon by 13 Muslim Americans who were branded with the no-fly status, ordered the government to come up with new procedures that allow people on the no-fly list to challenge that designation.

Nigeria, Pakistan and Afghanistan are the only places in the world where polio is still endemic, and all are beset by Islamic extremists.

A "Rappin Fireman" and a "Vote For Rangel" rap have been featured in the close New York House race.

Pro-Russian separatists reportedly killed nine military specialists in the second cease-fire violation in less than a week.

The scandal's players gave false hope to a missing teen's family and pried on the lives of everyone from the royal family to movie stars.

The climate change risk report funded by Tom Steyer, Michael Bloomberg and Henry Paulson will be discussed twice this week at the White House.

GM and Carnegie Mellon University are showcasing their self-driving SUV on Capitol Hill.