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AMMAN (AFP) ― Sajida al-Rishawi, whose release is demanded by the Islamic State jihadist group that claimed the murder of a Japanese hostage, is a would-be …

TOKYO (AP) ― Japan was working Monday to coordinate efforts with Jordan and other countries to save a hostage held by the extremist Islamic State group. …

BRUSSELS (AFP) ― Greek anti-austerity party Syriza’s resounding election win on Sunday leaves the European Union caught between finding a compromise with …

GENEVA (AP) ― The World Health Organization has proposed reforms that could overhaul its structure after botching the response to the biggest-ever Ebola …

WASHINGTON (AFP) ― Nine years after leaving Earth, the New Horizons spacecraft is at last drawing close to Pluto and on Sunday was expected to start shooting …

Eating fish during pregnancy could be beneficial after all, say researchers from the University of Rochester Medical Center who voyaged to the Seychelles to …

KEY WEST, Florida (AP) ― Millions of genetically modified mosquitoes could be released in the Florida Keys if British researchers win approval to use the …

NAIROBI (AFP) ― Shortly before 11 a.m. on the last Saturday in May, a heavily laden white Mitsubishi truck pulled into the Fuji Motors East Africa car …

LONG AN, Vietnam (AFP) ― Vo Van Duong’s bamboo and coconut leaf house looks much like others deep in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta. But unlike them, his …

HAIFA, Israel (AFP) ― It has become known as “Survivors’ Street” ― a small road in Haifa where about 100 Holocaust survivors are living out their …