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WASHINGTON (AP) ― President Barack Obama has resisted the pull of potential U.S. military action in Syria for three years. He has held firm even as the civil …

The Ice Bucket Challenge’s phenomenal success is making other charitable organizations rethink how they connect with a younger generation of potential …

BANGKOK (AP) ― Interpol said it has launched a multinational investigation into what Thailand has dubbed the “Baby Factory” case: a 24-year-old Japanese …

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AFP) ― Israel pounded Gaza with 60 air strikes on Saturday, killing 10 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and bringing down a …

BEIJING (AP) ― China has executed eight people convicted on terrorism charges in the restive western region of Xinjiang, including three men authorities say …

BEIJING (AFP) ― Beijing dismissed Saturday the Pentagon’s accusations that a Chinese fighter jet flew too close to a U.S. military aircraft off Hainan …

DONETSK, Russia (AP) ―Hundreds of Russian aid trucks returned home from rebel-held eastern Ukraine on Saturday, highlighting a dire need for long-term …

BAGHDAD (AP) ― Bombings in Baghdad and the northern city of Kirkuk killed at least 42 people in Iraq on Saturday as the government investigated a deadly …

TRIPOLI (AFP) ― Islamist fighters in the Fajr Libya (Libyan Dawn) coalition said Saturday they have captured Tripoli’s battered international airport after …

REYKJAVIK (AP) ― Iceland’s Bardarbunga volcano burst forth with a small eruption Saturday under the ice of Europe’s largest glacier, scientists said, …