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ISLAMABAD (AP) ― Pakistan’s lawmakers rallied behind the country’s embattled prime minister Tuesday in an emergency session, even as thousands of …

MOGADISHU (AP) ― U.S. air strikes in Somalia may have killed the leader of the Islamic extremist group al-Shabab, with a militant commander saying Tuesday …

HONG KONG (AFP) ― Hong Kong pro-democracy activists admitted Tuesday they are powerless to overturn Beijing’s refusal to grant them full voting rights, but …

DAKAR (AFP) ― International medical agency Medecins sans Frontieres said Tuesday the world was “losing the battle” to contain Ebola as the United Nations …

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AFP) ― Boko Haram militants have reportedly seized another town in Nigeria’s far northeast after heavy fighting with government troops, …

TALLINN (AFP) ― U.S. President Barack Obama arrived in Estonia aboard Air Force One early Wednesday to meet Baltic leaders and reaffirm Washington’s …

KIEV (AP) ― The office of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says he and Russian President Vladimir Putin have reached agreement on a cease-fire in eastern …

A German taxi organization won a fast-track ruling that may halt the use of Uber Technologies Inc.’s ride-hailing application in the country. Uber drivers …

Russian photographer Andrei Stenin, missing since early August, has been found dead in Ukraine, the RIA-Novosti press agency he worked for announced on …

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, head of the conservative Liberal Democratic Party, on Wednesday reshuffled his 20-month old cabinet. He kept key ministers …