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A 500-year-old painting believed to be by Leonardo da Vinci has sold for $450.3 million in New York, blazing a…

The UN Security Council was expected to vote, probably on Friday, on a 30-day extension of a UN-led investigation of…

The Iraqi army retook the last town in the country still held by the Islamic State group on Friday as…

Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri is free to leave Saudi Arabia “when he pleases”, the kingdom said Thursday, rejecting accusations…

Russian MPs on Wednesday backed new legislation that could force foreign media outlets to register as “foreign agents” in a…

The number of people killed in extremist attacks declined for the second successive year in 2016 but more countries were…

Russia’s defence ministry on Tuesday posted images it said proved the US was aiding the Islamic State jihadist group in…

More governments are following the lead of Russia and China by manipulating social media and suppressing dissent online in a…

Tens of thousands of Iranians spent a second night in the open air after a 7.3-magnitude quake struck near the…

Donald Trump declared on Monday he had a “great relationship” with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, a self-proclaimed killer who is…