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MOGADISHU (AFP)–Somalia on Friday confirmed the death of Shebab commander Yusuf Dheeq in a US drone strike south of Mogadishu last week.    “The …

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP)–One of the engines on TransAsia Airways Flight 235 went idle 37 seconds after takeoff, and the pilots apparently shut off the other …

Divers pulled four bodies Friday from the river where a TransAsia Airways propjet crashed shortly after takeoff from Taiwan’s capital, raising the death …

From the start of the flight in Taiwan’s capital, survivor Huang Jin-sun suspected trouble. “There was some sound next to me. It did not feel …

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande were due in Moscow Friday after getting Kiev’s tentative backing for a crunch …

Harvard University has instituted a total ban on professors having sex with undergraduate students, strengthening language it said didn’t reflect its …

The fiery debate over whether to close the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, prison sparked anew Thursday as the Obama administration pushed back against a bill to …

For the first time since the west African Ebola outbreak began over a year ago, a clinical trial with a candidate treatment has yielded …

Thousands of people gathered in front of the Greek parliament in Athens on Thursday evening in support of the new government’s efforts to renegotiate …

The International Monetary Fund announced Thursday $100 million in debt relief for the three West African countries struck hardest by the Ebola epidemic.   …