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ISLAMABAD (AFP) ― Pakistani opposition groups on Wednesday resumed talks with the government in a bid to end the political crisis rocking the country, but a …

BAGHDAD (AFP) ― U.S. President Barack Obama called on Wednesday for an international front against jihadists in Iraq and Syria after they beheaded a second …

WASHINGTON (AFP) ― Al-Qaida chief Ayman al-Zawahiri launched a new branch of the global Islamist extremist movement on Wednesday to reinvigorate and expand …

WASHINGTON (AFP) ― More than 1,900 people have now died of Ebola in West Africa, the World Health Organization said Wednesday, warning the world’s …

WASHINGTON (AP) ― Secretary of State John Kerry warned Wednesday against creeping American isolationism, making the case that U.S. global leadership is …

PARIS (AFP) ― France suspended Wednesday the delivery of the first of two Mistral-class warships to Russia “until November” after fierce criticism from …

WASHINGTON (AFP) ― American and Iranian officials will resume negotiations in Geneva on Thursday as they seek to hammer out a full nuclear deal ahead of a …

ABUJA (AFP) ― Nigeria and its regional allies on Wednesday called for greater international support to shut down Boko Haram’s weapons and funding supply as …

BEIJING (AFP) ― Three top Chinese universities have vowed to tighten “ideological” control over students and teachers, as a wider clampdown on free …

WASHINGTON (AFP) ― U.S. telecom giant Verizon has agreed to pay a $7.4 million fine to settle a probe into its privacy practices, including accessing …