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WASHINGTON (AFP) ― The International Monetary Fund has lost patience over Greece and is making it known. The crisis lender over the past few days has …

A 65-year-old German man died this month after contracting MERS during a trip to Abu Dhabi, in the first death linked to the virus in Europe this year, …

NEW YORK ― Hillary Rodham Clinton formally kicked off her presidential campaign on Saturday with an enthusiastic embrace of her potential to become the first …

LAUSANNE ― FIFA has handed over computer data to Swiss police investigating the 2018 and 2022 World Cup votes and suspended bidding for the 2026 tournament …

 SYDNEY, (AFP) – A 6.3-magnitude quake struck off the Pacific nation of Tonga late Friday, the US Geological Survey said, but there was no tsunami …

       LILLE, France, (AFP) – A French court on Friday acquitted former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn of pimping charges, drawing a line under a …

     GENEVA (AFP) – The World Health Organization said Friday it would soon call an emergency meeting on the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) …

   SANAA, Yemen (AP) _ Saudi-led airstrikes targeting Shiite rebels and their allies destroyed historic houses in the Old City of the capital, Sanaa, a …

U.S. health authorities advised health care workers Thursday to ask their patients whether they have recently traveled to South Korea where the MERS virus has …

Beijing(AFP) – Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi met Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Thursday, state media said, during her closely watched …