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DUBAI (AFP) ― By joining U.S.-led strikes in Syria, Gulf Arab monarchies are hoping to eliminate the threat to their authority from Islamic State jihadists …

CAIRO (AFP) ― UNESCO has asked Egypt for a detailed report on restoration work carried out at the Djoser pyramid following reports the more than …

WASHINGTON (AFP) ― The United States on Wednesday issued financial sanctions against 11 individuals and a foreign entity it designated as “global …

NEW YORK (AFP) ― U.S. President Barack Obama has pulled off a diplomatic coup, knitting together a coalition of Arab nations with differing agendas to strike …

VATICAN CITY (AFP) ― The Vatican on Wednesday began preparing for a landmark trial of a disgraced former archbishop at the center of one of the church’s …

SYDNEY (AFP) ― Australia confirmed Thursday it will sign an asylum-seeker resettlement deal with Cambodia in a move slammed by human rights groups as …

BOSTON (AP) ― A judge granted a two-month trial delay on Wednesday for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, but denied a defense request to …

KIEV (AFP) ― President Petro Poroshenko instructed his government on Thursday to consider temporarily closing Ukraine’s porous border with Russia to help …

UNITED NATIONS (AFP) ― U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday slammed Russia’s “aggression” in Ukraine but offered to lift sanctions against Moscow …

NEW YORK (AP) ― Wal-Mart is the latest company to get rid of fees that traditional banks charge customers who don’t have enough money in their accounts to …