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CAIRO (AFP) ― Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged Saturday $2.5 billion in humanitarian and development aid for the Middle East as he launched a …

ISTANBUL (AFP) ― Around 3,000 people in Turkey are believed to be linked to the Islamic State jihadist group, a Turkish intelligence report said on Saturday, …

CAIRO (AP) ― The famed French weekly Charlie Hebdo has continued to draw a somewhat contradictory reaction across the Muslim world. Many Muslims have …

The Islamic State group released about 200 Yazidis held for five months in Iraq, mostly elderly, infirm captives who likely slowed the extremists down, Kurdish …

SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) ― Google said it is halting sales of its Internet-linked eyewear Glass but insisted the technology would live on in a future consumer …

PARIS (AFP) ― Historically neutral Switzerland’s foray into the global currency war ended in defeat this past week after its central bank left markets …

WASHINGTON (AP) ― President Barack Obama will call for increasing taxes on the wealthiest Americans then using the revenue to fund new tax credits and other …

BEIJING (AFP) ― China’s annual GDP growth slowed to its weakest rate in more than two decades in 2014, according to an AFP survey, projecting further …

Pedestrians pass a currency exchange rate sign on Nevsky Prospekt shopping street in St. Petersburg, Russia. (Bloomberg) WASHINGTON (AFP) ― Moody’s cut …

ISTANBUL (AFP) ― Vilified by conservatives at home for standing by Charlie Hebdo after the Paris attacks, a Turkish satirical weekly is defiantly refusing to …