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A simple comma apparently misplaced in a policy statement saved a $15 million aviation joint venture deal in India.

For the fearsome pirates of Somalia, business is slowing down -- and local governments are picking up the spoils.

It costs $10 billion. It may bring peace, or environmental disaster. It involves the thorniest issue in the Middle East: water.

Women in South Africa are regularly abused by a male culture that prizes macho men and weapons. But it's virtually taboo to talk about it.

A historic filibuster this week gave U.S. Sen. Rand Paul fresh political clout, and a new super PAC is pushing him to run in 2016.

When the English and Chinese languages meet, bizarre things can happen, from a map with weird province names to very, very funny street signs.

The U.N. estimates there are now 1 million Syrian refugees living in camps outside Syria.

This small subset of the Free Syrian Army has garnered quite a lot of attention, and trouble, after kidnapping 20 U.N. peacekeepers.

As the Oscar Pistorius case unfolds in South Africa, another case of a celebrity athlete and a dead girlfriend has concluded in Brazil.

MS-13 wants to spread its influence into countries like Chile, Peru, Argentina and Spain -- and it aims to get there through deportation.

Uhuru Kenyatta, leader of the National Alliance, is leading the vote count, but his opponent, Raila Odinga, claims election fraud occurred.

Video of Kim Jong-Un visiting a military base near South Korea shows the North's weirdness at its most unsettling.

The alleged propagandist appeared in a U.S. court in New York, where trials of al Qaeda suspects are rare.

Argentina has both condemned the referendum and dismissed it as irrelevant.

The highly controversial policy has enraged the city's minorities, but candidates for mayor don't want to end it. Except for one.

If passed, the town of Byron, Maine, will check to ensure that all residents have a permit for a legal firearm.

Sabah has been fought over and coveted by a bewildering array of local and foreign entities.

China's terrible air quality is now famous worldwide. But while a lot of media attention has been on Beijing, a city in Iran is worse. A lot worse.

Xinyu is a controversial figure in China and the object of some derision.

Myanmar’s opposition, the National League for Democracy, began its first party conference on Friday to elect new leadership.

The British government has tried to tackle knife crime by banning certain types of weapons.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Friday that Moscow won’t press Syrian President Bashar Al Assad to stand down.

The frontrunner in Kenyan presidential election Uhuru Kenyatta’s lead over his main rival Raila Odinga narrowed Friday.

USAID is implementing a $42 million program to address gang violence and drug-related crime in El Salvador that have impeded economic growth.

The body of late Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez will be embalmed and permanently displayed in a glass casket.

The late Venezuelan Hugo Chavez’s funeral is scheduled for Friday and will be attended leaders throughout Latin America and the Caribbean.

MS-13 is bolstering its arsenal by acquiring more powerful weapons while strengthening its ties to the powerful Zetas drug cartel.

Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., chairman of the Armed Services Committee, announced Thursday afternoon that he will not seek re-election in 2014.

The Senate confirmed John Brennan as CIA director after Democrats successfully cleared a hurdle set up by Rand Paul.