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VILNIUS (AFP) ― Lithuania’s “Iron Lady” Dalia Grybauskaite won an unprecedented second term Sunday in a presidential runoff held amid widespread …

Thailand’s army chief threatened Monday to “intensify law enforcement” against anti-coup protesters who have pledged to rally in Bangkok for …

BRUSSELS (AFP) ― EU parliamentary voting got underway in Greece, Romania and Lithuania Sunday, the final day of a massive process expected to give …

URUMQI, China (AP) ― Saying terrorists will be “hunted down and punished,” authorities launched a security crackdown Saturday in China’s Muslim …

CAIRO (AP) ― An Egyptian court convicted 20 students from an Islamist university in Cairo on charges of rioting during a protest last year in support of …

MOGADISHU (AP) ― Militants in Mogadishu on Saturday carried out a multipronged, complex attack against the country’s parliament building involving a car …

SANTA BARBARA, California (AFP) ― A student who stabbed three people to death and then fatally shot three more in a bustling California college town was the …

BRUSSELS (AP) ― Three people were shot dead and a fourth seriously wounded in an armed attack at the Jewish Museum in Brussels on Saturday, officials said. …

WASHINGTON (AP) ― U.S. President Barack Obama seems to have caught a bad case of cabin fever. Since taking office, Obama has periodically grumbled about the …

NEW YORK (AP) ― One of America’s favorite pastimes is changing rapidly. When it comes to shopping, more Americans are skipping the stores and pulling out …