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SHANGHAI (AFP) ― A New Year’s stampede on Shanghai’s historic waterfront killed at least 35 people and injured dozens more, with witnesses saying …

(From top) Revelers cheer in Times Square during the New Year’s Eve celebration in New York. People watchthe fireworks over the Arc de Triomphe on Champs …

RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories (AFP) ― President Mahmud Abbas Wednesday signed Wednesday a Palestinian request to join the International Criminal Court, …

TUNIS (AFP) ― Anti-Islamist Beji Caid Essebsi, 88, was sworn in Wednesday as Tunisia’s first freely elected president vowing to work for national …

NEW YORK (AFP) ― Millions of revelers took to the streets around the world from Sydney to New York to usher in 2015 on Thursday, but celebrations turned to …

CAIRO (AP) ― An Egyptian appeals court ordered a trial Thursday in the case of three imprisoned Al-Jazeera English journalists. The decision by Egypt’s …

PANGKALAN BUN, Indonesia (AFP) ― Indonesian rescuers promised an “all-out effort” to search for bodies from AirAsia Flight QZ8501 as the weather cleared …

MOSCOW (AP) ― Russian President Vladimir Putin has used his New Year’s speech to hail his country’s annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea Peninsula as an …

HAVANA (AFP) ― A Cuban crackdown on dissident activists caused a new rift Wednesday with the United States, the first diplomatic scuffle since this month’s …

ATHENS (AP) ― The campaign for Greece’s general election next month is now underway, with the country’s conservative prime minister claiming his …