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Getting to Beirut from Damascus used to be easy. Now it's a torturous slog, and it does not guarantee leaving the conflict behind.

Celebrity Japanese chef Miki Nozawa has died in Sylt, Germany after brawling with two 'skilled workers' over their meal of fried noodles.

Obama was asked about the AP phone records scandal, as well as pressing foreign affairs.

Wednesday night's $300 million Powerball drawing failed to produce a winner, causing the reward to rise to $475 million.

The civil war in Syria will be the main item, but Obama will also face questions about the scandals surrounding his administration.

China issued its own warning regarding the executive arm of the European Union's move to investigate Chinese telecom makers.

This marks the first time South Africa’s higher education sector has made teaching an indigenous African language mandatory.

President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Recep Erdogan of Turkey will hold a joint press conference at noon. Watch the livestream here.

In Saudi Arabia's ongoing war on social media, an official warned Twitter users that they have "lost this world."

In a note written on the wall of the boat in which he was captured, Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev claimed responsibility for the attacks.

Betting on cricket (which is completely illegal in India) is a multibillion-dollar annual enterprise.

Several tornadoes tore through the Dallas-Fort Worth area on Wednesday night. Several YouTube and Twitter users caught the storm and its aftermath.

Governor Chris Christie opened up regarding his reasons for undergoing lap-band surgery at a surprised appearance in N.J. Tuesday.

A ceiling collapsed at a shoe factory in Cambodia on Thursday killing at least two workers.

Mining and commodities trading giant Glencore Xstrata appointed former BP chief executive Tony Hayward as interim chairman.

Hundreds of residents of Kunming, China, are protesting planned paraxylene production in their backyard.

The government said it has taken steps to give retroactive approval to four West Bank settlement outposts built without official consent.

Sting has been visiting India for half his life (he will turn 62 in October).

Cyclone Mahasen hit the southern coast of Bangladesh on Thursday and forced the evacuation of more than one million people.

China's one-child policy is showing signs of easing, and many families are now choosing to have more children.

American citizen Barbara Chen traveled to Pyongyang to participate in North Korea's first charity fun run.

It is unclear if the symbol of Nawaz Sharif's PML-N party is a lion or a tiger.

A suicide bomber attack targeting a NATO convoy in an industrial neighborhood in Kabul on Thursday killed at least 14.

Japan's Economy grew the most in a year last quarter, as GDP rose an annualized 3.5 percent.

The emails are between the White House, FBI, CIA, State Department and Justice Department.

The attorney general also said he doesn't feel he gets the respect he deserves among some in Congress.

President Barack Obama announced Wednesday that acting IRS Commissioner Steven T. Miller had stepped down in the face of simmering controversy.

The attorney general, who recused himself from the case, said he voluntarily turned over the records.

A former intern at the Cincinnati IRS office said knowledge of the targeting of conservatives could not have been limited to low-level workers.