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ISTANBUL (AFP) ― The world’s top 20 economies on Tuesday expressed determination to raise global growth but struggled to overcome divisions over the most …

Chinese President Xi Jinping will make his first state visit to the United States in September, China’s foreign ministry said Wednesday, a visit timed to …

Hours after confirming the death of a U.S. hostage snatched in Syria, President Barack Obama described the anguish of dealing with distraught families, but …

President Barack Obama Tuesday confirmed the death of U.S. hostage Kayla Jean Mueller, as warplanes from Gulf ally the UAE rejoined the battle against her …

Greece’s new prime minister struck a defiant tone on the eve of high-stakes negotiations with skeptical European creditors, saying there is “no way …

The White House circulated a proposal Tuesday that would authorize the U.S. military to fight Islamic State terrorists but assure Congress there would be no …

The U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee unanimously endorsed President Barack Obama’s nominee for defense secretary on Tuesday, signaling the …

BEIJING (AFP) ― China’s inflation plunged to 0.8 percent in January, its lowest level for more than five years, official data showed Tuesday, fuelling …

WASHINGTON ― President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel rallied behind efforts to reach a long-shot diplomatic resolution to the conflict …

PARIS ― Herve Falciani was once just an IT worker at a big bank, but since running off with hundreds of thousands of damaging documents from banking giant …