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WASHINGTON (AFP) ― The mother of a U.S. hostage who has been threatened with death by jihadist militants pleaded for his life Wednesday amid mounting fears …

KABUL (AFP) ― Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah will reject the results of a U.N.-supervised audit of the election, his spokesman said …

KIRKUK, Iraq (AFP) ― Iraq was massing forces Wednesday for an operation to break a two-month jihadist siege of a Shiite Turkmen town north of Baghdad, amid …

LOS ANGELES (AFP) ― A 9-year-old girl learning to fire an Uzi submachine gun accidentally killed her instructor at a shooting range in the United States, …

NOVOAZOVSK, Ukraine (AP) ― Pushing west in a new offensive along Ukraine’s strategic coastline, heavily armed Russian-backed separatist forces captured new …

FREETOWN (AP) ― A third top doctor has died from Ebola in Sierra Leone, a government official said Wednesday, as health workers tried to determine how a …

UNITED NATIONS (AFP) ― The U.N. Security Council on Wednesday moved to impose sanctions on militias and their political supporters who are fueling Libya’s …

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AFP) ― The skies over the Gaza Strip were calm Wednesday as a long-term cease-fire between Israel and the Palestinians took hold after …

NEW YORK (AFP) ― Burger King is buying Canada’s Tim Hortons coffee-and-donuts chain in an $11 billion deal that raised concerns about another U.S. company …

More than half of criminal suspects who fled Korea to escape punishment are still at large, according to a Justice Ministry report released by Rep. Lee …