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BEIRUT (AFP) ― Syria’s army has ended a yearlong rebel siege of Aleppo central prison after a fiercely fought battle for the strategic prize, a monitoring …

CAIRO (AFP) ― Former army chief Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi has picked up 94.5 percent of votes cast abroad in Egypt’s presidential election, officials said …

JOS, Nigeria (AP) ― Islamic militants killed 48 villagers in northeastern Nigeria near the town where they kidnapped 300 schoolgirls, and the U.S. said …

WASHINGTON (AP) ― As sanctions legislation against Venezuela advances in Congress, the Obama administration is finding itself wedged between pressure from …

A Chinese manufacturing gauge rose to a five-month high in May, sending Asian stocks higher on optimism the economy is stabilizing after government moves to …

DETROIT (AP) ― General Motors has added yet another recall to its growing list for the year. The recall of 218,000 Chevrolet Aveo subcompact cars is the …

LONDON (AFP) ― British scientists launched a major government-commissioned study on Tuesday into the effects of mobile phone usage on the developing brains …

The white mustard plant, having added spice to our lives for centuries, may soon be put to a very different use ― in the fight against chemical weapons, …

PARIS (AFP) ― The lives of three million women and babies can be saved every year by 2025 for an annual investment of about a dollar per head in better …

TEHRAN (AFP) ― Six young Iranians arrested for dancing on rooftops to U.S. singer Pharrell Williams’ hit “Happy” in a video that went viral on the …