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HONG KONG (AP) ― Student democracy activists who have occupied Hong Kong streets for a month suggested Tuesday that direct negotiations with senior Chinese …

SURUC, Turkey (AP) ― A group of Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga troops arrived in Turkey early Wednesday on their way to Syria to help their Syrian Kurdish brethren …

WELLINGTON (AFP) ― New Zealand will hold a binding referendum in 2016 on changing the national flag, with Prime Minister John Key hoping to drop the current …

MONROVIA (AFP) ― The Red Cross offered hope Tuesday of a turning point in the battle against the deadly West African Ebola outbreak, saying it had seen a …

BERLIN (AFP) ― An international conference on the Syrian refugee crisis vowed Tuesday to extend long-term financial aid to countries struggling with what the …

MOSCOW (AFP) ― Russia announced Tuesday it will recognize separatist polls in Ukraine next weekend, sparking an angry reaction from Washington and Kiev’s …

BUDAPEST (AP) ― Tens of thousands of protesters marched Tuesday against a plan by the Hungarian government to tax Internet use from 2015. The rally, the …

SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) ― Facebook Tuesday reported its quarterly profit nearly doubled but saw its stock pounded after outlining a plan to invest heavily in the …

Alongside the Dubai Mall, one of the world’s largest shopping centers, sits an ersatz version of what would be an authentic retail experience in most Persian …

BRUSSELS (AFP) ― The European Commission said Tuesday it had found no serious fault with eurozone member states’ 2015 budget plans, clearing France and …