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ABU DHABI (AFP) ― The determination of powerful Gulf OPEC members to stifle competition from new oil producers has left the global energy market reeling and …

India’s birth rate declined dramatically in the last two decades due in part to rising female literacy, a new study shows, but experts warned against …

French doctors went on strike Tuesday in protest at an upcoming health bill, prompting fears that hospitals already bracing for a busy Christmas period will be …

The Algerian army said on Tuesday that it has killed the head of the jihadist Jund al-Khilafa group that decapitated a Frenchman in September.    The body of …

Sri Lanka’s president, under pressure from his main opponent in upcoming elections, on Tuesday promised a judicial inquiry into allegations that his …

LONDON (AFP) ― The government on Monday named 11 NHS centers that will lead a project to map 100,000 DNA code sequences in the fight against cancer and rare …

VATICAN CITY (AP) ― To the Catholic Church’s “seven deadly sins,” Pope Francis has added the “15 ailments of the Curia.” Francis issued a …

BEIJING (AP) ― Chinese prosecutors on Monday indicted the son of Hong Kong action film star Jackie Chan on the charge of sheltering others to use drugs, more …

MADRID (AP) ― Spaniards and Latin American immigrants who bought lottery tickets in an upper middle class Madrid neighborhood hit the jackpot on Monday, …

President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday oversaw the successful test-launch of Russia’s newest heavy-class Angara rocket, a rare piece of good news in a week …