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ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Croatia’s economic woes hung over presidential elections Sunday in which a liberal incumbent faced pressure from a …
ATHENS (AFP) — A dramatic rescue operation is under way to rescue 478 people from a burning ferry in gale-force winds off the Greek island of Corfu, …
An official from Indonesia`s national search and rescue agency in Medan, North Sumatra, monitors computer screens during a search efforts for AirAsia flight …
In the third air incident connected to Malaysia this year, an AirAsia plane with 162 people on board disappeared Sunday while flying over the Java Sea after …
The cabinet of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe approved a fresh stimulus package worth $29 billion Saturday in a bid to boost the economy, hit hard by a tax …
Safi al-Kassasbeh (left), the father of Jordanian pilot Maaz, who was captured by the Islamic State in Syria, welcomes well-wishers in the house of a relative …
NAIROBI (AP) ― Gunmen attacked the African Union’s main base in the Somali capital of Mogadishu on Thursday leading to an exchange of gunfire between …
WASHINGTON (AFP) ― Former U.S. President George H. W. Bush is spending Christmas night at a Texas hospital, his third overnight stay after experiencing …
KAILUA, Hawaii (AP) ― President Barack Obama celebrated Christmas by singing carols and opening gifts with his family at their vacation home in Hawaii. The …
RIYADH (AFP) ― Two women’s rights campaigners detained in Saudi Arabia have been transferred to a special tribunal for “terrorism,” activists said on …