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Sixty-six people were missing on Wednesday after a boat carrying Indonesian illegal migrants sank off Malaysia’s west coast, a maritime official said. …

BEIRUT (AFP) — New clashes have erupted in eastern Syria between rebels seeking President Bashar al-Assad’s ouster and jihadists that have captured …

KIEV (AFP) — A Russian state television reporter died of his wounds after being rushed to hospital in Ukraine’s restive eastern region of Lugansk, …

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is looking to create the largest marine preserve in the world by protecting a massive stretch of the Pacific …

NAIROBI (AFP) — Kenya’s top Muslim leaders warned Tuesday that Islamist attacks and a harsh government response risked dividing the country along …

RAMADI, Iraq (AFP) — Gunmen took control Tuesday of Al-Qaim, the Iraqi side of a border crossing with Syria, after security forces withdrew, police and …

BAGHDAD (AFP) ― The U.S. was deploying extra troops to protect its embassy in Baghdad and mulling air strikes against militants who have seized key cities, …

WASHINGTON (AFP) ― Barack Obama returned to Washington on Monday after a brief family break in California to find himself confronted once again by the …

BEIRUT (AP) ― Syrian military helicopters dropped barrel bombs on a rebel-held neighborhood in the northern city of Aleppo on Monday, cleaving the fronts of …

LONDON (AP) ― Chinese Premier Li Keqiang arrived Monday in Britain for a visit that includes an unusual meeting with Queen Elizabeth II and talks aimed at …