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The Moscow stock exchange has lost nearly $70 billion this month as the U.S. and EU impose sanctions.

Move is seen as a step in the right direction for Ukraine and others involved in the crisis there.

As conflict rages on every continent, Antarctica remains peaceful, but its massive Ross Sea is threatened by fishing, mining and pollution.

The Southwestern province of Guizhou will soon offer a souvenir that most other Chinese provinces can't match -- clean air!

Obama's call for a deportation policy review is unnecessary to some advocates, who are still waiting for him to act unilaterally to stop deportations.

The Russian individuals being sanctioned by the U.S. Department of Treasury are well known players close to President Vladimir Putin.

Crimea’s decision to secede from Ukraine was actually quite predictable. Here's why.

Corrupt officials in China may be robbing the Chinese of more than their hard-earned cash.

An attack inside Syria, a corruption scandal, a key election - a Turkish politician opposing PM Erdogan draws up a scenario worthy of a novel.

The EU has launched a new sanctions round against Russian officials, including Deputy P.M. Rogozin and Putin Advisor Sergey Glazyev.

With the March 31 deadline approaching, the White House is making a last-ditch effort to increase Obamacare enrollment.

The average fertility rate for Japanese women amounts to only 1.41, well below the 2.1 replacement rate.

On the Black Sea across from Crimea, Turkey has a stake in the future of the peninsula, where Muslim Tatars live.

Demands from desperate unemployed youth mount as Tunisia's fifth government since the 2011 Arab Spring grapples with a faltering economy.

A survey found more than 520 construction projects have appropriated farmland without proper compensation.

Washington has had a long history of meddling in Latin American politics, but it's far from certain that it's behind the opposition to Maduro.

Despite a recently enacted Turkish block on social media platform Twitter, social media users have found new ways to get around the ban while loudly criticizing the move.

The Russian oil billionaire and close Putin associate is a key target of recently imposed sanctions.

Could Russian engines used in U.S. Air Force rockets pose a national security risk for the United States?

U.S. sanctions against Russian businessmen appear to have demonstrated a link between an oil mogul and President Vladimir Putin.

Joko Widodo from the PDIP is the current favorite, but even his success cannot guarantee Indonesia's reforms will be carried out.

Reports that Beijing would move some central government agencies to a city two and a half hours away have been denied.

The Serena has suffered previous attacks, but continues to be used by U.N. officials.

The fresh round of sanctions follows Thursday's actions by the U.S., which involved 20 more Russians officials.

Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Sinclair was spared jail time and a dismissal from service by the trial judge.

Negotiations aren't over, but the leaders of each country have agreed to work out a plan to send Guantanamo Bay prisoners to Uruguay.

Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said he'd get rid of Twitter in Turkey, but did he really follow through on it?

One controversial October 2013 report from KPMG even concluded that sustainable coffee farming can marginalize poorer farmers who can’t afford demanded upgrades.

Sanctions against Russia could lead to billion-dollar contracts getting canceled by the U.S. and France.