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SYDNEY (AFP) ― An Australian man was charged Wednesday with possessing documents connected to a planned terrorist attack on government targets in Sydney, but …

ISLAMABAD (AP) ― Pakistan’s prime minister announced Thursday the country will set up special trial courts under the supervision of military officers to …

HONG KONG (AP) – Hong Kong police arrested 12 protesters blocking several roads as pro-democracy demonstrators returned to a site they had occupied for more …

Sony Pictures released “The Interview,” a comedy involving a plot to assassinate North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, over the Internet on Wednesday, …

Japan’s parliament confirmed Shinzo Abe as prime minister today, giving him the opportunity to become the longest-serving premier in four decades. After last …

Key North Korean websites were back online Tuesday after an hours-long shutdown that followed a U.S. vow to respond to a cyberattack on Sony Pictures that …

Ukraine took a historic step toward NATO on Tuesday in a parliamentary vote that stoked Russia’s anger ahead of talks on ending the ex-Soviet …

MILWAUKEE (AP) ― A white police officer fired after fatally shooting a mentally ill black man in April will not face criminal charges, prosecutors said …

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) ― Two explosions in two northeast Nigerian states on Monday killed at least 26 people and injured 79, rescue and health officials …

MOSCOW (AP) ― Leaders of Ukraine, Russia, France and Germany on Monday reached an agreement to call another round of Ukraine peace talks this week, the …