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Militants seized Iraq’s second-largest city Tuesday, officials said, in another blow to the authorities, who appear incapable of stopping rebel…

Five NATO soldiers have been killed in southern Afghanistan, coalition officials said Tuesday, without giving the cause of the deaths…

South Sudan President Salva Kiir and rebel chief Riek Machar are set to meet Tuesday in a fresh push to…

Twenty-four students were missing late Sunday after being washed downstream by a sudden surge of river water in a remote…

A Venezuelan opposition leader has been ordered to stand trial on charges of instigating violence at an anti-government demonstration, prosecutors…

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday accused the Group of Seven of "cynicism" for backing Ukraine's military operation against…

The United States said on Wednesday it looks forward to working with the new government of Egyptian president-elect Abdel Fattah…

Campaigning for Indonesia's July presidential election officially kicked off Wednesday, with favourite Joko Widodo facing a tough challenge from a…

US President Barack Obama told European allies Tuesday they had a responsibility to boost defense spending in return for US…

Spain set its future King Felipe VI on the path to the throne Tuesday, launching an unprecedented handover of the…