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TOKYO (AFP) ― Fujifilm said Monday it would buy a U.S. vaccine maker as the Japanese firm boosts its supply of an experimental Ebola drug to help stem the …

SAIBURI, Thailand (AFP) ― A high-pitched chorus pours out from a Muslim nursery school in Thailand’s insurgency-battered south, as girls in crisp, white …

LONDON (AFP) ― “Miss! We made it breathe out fire!” exclaimed 10-year-old Joe, pointing at the laptop on his desk, where he has programmed his animated …

Brazilians narrowly voted leftist President Dilma Rousseff back into office Sunday for a second term after a bitter election campaign that split Latin …

PARIS ― Beyond the human tragedy of the Ebola epidemic unfolding in west Africa, the crisis is claiming a collateral victim: trust in the medical order. The …

MURSITPINAR, Turkey (AFP) ― U.S.-led warplanes have bombarded the Islamic State group with new air strikes as heavily armed Iraqi Kurdish fighters were on …

Alan Eustace, a senior vice president of Google, has broken the world altitude record for a parachute jump that was set just two years ago. The 57-year-old …

WASHINGTON (AFP) ― Republicans appear increasingly likely to win back the U.S. Senate in Nov. 4 mid-term elections, a move that would heap misery on …

JERUSALEM (AFP) ― Israeli police clashed with Palestinians across east Jerusalem Saturday ahead of a potentially explosive funeral that was delayed for a day …

TEHRAN (AP) ― Iran hanged a woman on Saturday who was convicted of murdering a man she alleged was trying to rape her, drawing swift international …