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BRUSSELS (AFP) ― EU foreign ministers agreed Monday there would be no change in the bloc’s Russia policy, including sanctions, as the union’s diplomatic …

LONDON (AFP) ― Britain’s electronic spy agency GCHQ tapped emails of journalists at some of the world’s top media organizations, the Guardian reported on …

OPEC has no immediate plan to cut its output target for crude, and Iran is strong enough to withstand a deeper slump in prices even if the country must sell at …

GENEVA (AFP) ― Geneva’s luxury watch show where shopowners search out such brands as Cartier and Piaget opened Monday under a cloud as the franc surged …

BEIJING (AFP) ― China’s gross domestic product grew 7.4 percent in 2014, official data showed Tuesday, slumping to a 24-year low with authorities …

WASHINGTON (AFP) ― The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday sharply cut its 2015-2016 world growth forecast of only six months ago, saying lower oil prices …

KONKETIYAWA, Sri Lanka (AP) ― Karunawathie isn’t hungry for breakfast. She rarely is these days, but she forces herself to choke down a few bites of rice, …

MANEK URAI, Malaysia ― It was like a war zone, everything was in ruins. What was sadder still was that things were just the way they had been when I came to …

Singapore has come a long way in the last 50 years, but this milestone should be seen less as a final destination than a springboard to an even better future, …

OSAKA, Japan ― “Matsushima-ya!” Nine men and women in their 50s and 60s enthusiastically shouted as they watched a video of a kabuki play in Chuo Ward, …