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VIENNA (AFP) ― OPEC’s decision against cutting oil production, despite a global glut in supplies, triggered a $5 collapse in crude prices and prompted a …

MEXICO CITY (AFP) ― Mexico’s embattled president unveiled sweeping reforms Thursday to dissolve corruption-plagued municipal police forces nationwide amid …

LONDON (AFP) ― Prince William will visit Japan and China early next year to promote British interests and his personal efforts to combat the illegal wildlife …

LONDON (AP) ― P.D. James took the classic British detective story into tough modern terrain, complete with troubled relationships and brutal violence, and …

LONDON (AFP) ― The estranged wife of a London financier was awarded 337 million pounds ($530 million) on Thursday in one of the biggest divorce settlements …

FERGUSON, Missouri (AP) ― Residents sought a return to normal Thursday as business owners boarded up windows and cleared away debris following unrest over a …

Afghan security forces inspect a British Embassy vehicle which was targeted in a suicide attack in Kabul on Thursday. (AP-Yonhap) KABUL (AP) ― A suicide …

HONG KONG (AP) ― Hong Kong police arrested 11 more people in a second night of scuffles with demonstrators angry at having their 2-month-old pro-democracy …

BANGKOK (AFP) ― Thailand’s Finance Minister Sommai Phasee has said elections in the junta-ruled kingdom could be delayed until mid-2016, days after …

KIEV (AP) ― Russia still has enough troops along Ukraine’s border to mount a major incursion, NATO’s top commander said Wednesday, and Moscow is using …