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BRUSSELS (AFP) ― Six world powers and Iran will hold new talks in New York on Sept. 18, EU and U.S. officials said Thursday, as efforts intensify toward …

JOHANNESBURG (AFP) ― The Dalai Lama has canceled a trip to South Africa for a summit of Nobel peace laureates, an aide said Thursday, reporting that Pretoria …

NEWPORT, Wales (AP) ― President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron pressed fellow NATO leaders Thursday to confront the “brutal and …

UNITED NATIONS (AP) ―About 120 million girls under the age of 20 have been forced to have sex and one fifth of homicide victims globally are under the age of …

GENEVA (AFP) ― World health experts met in Geneva on Thursday for urgent talks on fast-tracking experimental drugs as doctors in the worst-hit countries …

Joan Rivers (AP-Yonhap) NEW YORK (AFP) ― Joan Rivers, the caustic stand-up comic and television host who blazed a trail at a time when comedy was all but …

WASHINGTON (AFP) ― U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday named Google vice president Megan Smith as his new chief technology officer, charged with …

MARIETTA, Georgia (AP) ― A Georgia man who prosecutors say sat in his office exchanging nude photos with women while his son languished for hours in a hot …

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry issued a best-wishes message to South Korea on Thursday ahead of the ally’s traditional Chuseok holiday next week. …

MOSCOW (AFP) ― NATO leaders aim Thursday to show unity against Russia over the conflict in Ukraine after President Vladimir Putin unveiled a broad peace …