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LOS ANGELES (AFP) ― A group which claims to have hacked Sony’s servers demanded Monday that its movie studio pull a soon-to-be-released comedy depicting a …

The fast expanding ride-sharing service Uber is facing pressure from local authorities and taxi drivers in major cities, most recently in The Hague, New Delhi …

HONG KONG (AFP) ― The clearance of Hong Kong’s main pro-democracy camp is set to begin Thursday when bailiffs move in, authorities said, but some …

MANILA (AFP) ― The death toll from a giant storm crossing the Philippines rose to 27 on Tuesday, the Red Cross said, but there was widespread relief after it …

JERUSALEM (AP) ― Israeli lawmakers unanimously voted Monday to dissolve parliament, officially ending the legislature’s term two years ahead of schedule …

BAGHDAD (AP) ― U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel arrived in Baghdad on Tuesday to consult with Iraqi government officials and confer with U.S. commanders …

KIEV (AFP) ― Ukraine and pro-Russian insurgents prepared to put to the test a comprehensive truce on Tuesday aimed at calming an upsurge of violence that has …

WASHINGTON (AFP) ― The U.S. Senate was set to release a long-delayed report Tuesday on the CIA’s brutal interrogation of al-Qaida suspects after the 2001 …

VERACRUZ, Mexico (AFP) ― Mexico’s embattled President Enrique Pena Nieto opened a summit of Latin American, Spanish and Portuguese leaders Monday, turning …

NEW YORK (AFP) ― Microsoft argued Monday in a court brief that an order requiring it to give U.S. prosecutors data stored in Ireland could “put all of our …