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MARIUPOL, Ukraine, Sept 07, 2014 (AFP) – Gunfire and heavy shelling rocked a key frontline city in eastern Ukraine overnight, raising fears Sunday that a …

WASHINGTON, Sept 06, 2014 (AFP) – President Barack Obama’s top White House national security aide lands in Beijing on Sunday, signaling that ties with …

MOSCOW (AFP) – Russia warned Saturday that it would react if the European Union imposed tougher economic sanctions against it over the situation in …

MOSCOW (AFP) – Russia on Saturday sent six ships carrying personnel and equipment to a Soviet-era military base in the Arctic that it is reopening to …

ISLAMABAD (AP) – Heavy monsoon rains and flash floods washing across Pakistan have killed 110 people and injured 148, a government official said …

PANAMA CITY (AFP) – Panama Canal expansion work has uncovered an unexpected trove of archeological and paleontological treasures, scientists said, as the …

NEWPORT, United Kingdom (AFP) - U.S. President Barack Obama  outlined plans on Friday for a broad international coalition to defeat Islamic State extremists …

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) - Shadowed by two U.S. fighter jets, a small plane with its windows frosted and its pilot slumped over flew a ghostly 1,700-mile …

NATO leaders agreed Friday to set up a rapid reaction force as part of efforts to reassure allies rattled by the Ukraine crisis and rising Islamic extremism, …

FRANKFURT, Germany (AFP) ― The European Central Bank surprised financial markets on Thursday with a new cut in key interest rates and other measures to ward …