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A series of recent health scares have raised new concerns about octogenarian President Mahmoud Abbas, reviving anxiety about a potentially…

Farmers, electronics retailers and other US businesses are bracing for a backlash as President Donald Trump targets China for stealing…

Iranian state media are reporting that philosopher Dariush Shayegan, known for his book “Cultural Schizophrenia,” has died at the age…

A US-funded counterterrorism center has opened in Jordan where law enforcement officers from partner countries in the Middle East and…

Palestinian teenage protest icon Ahed Tamimi on Wednesday was sentenced to eight months in prison for slapping and kicking a…

A 25-minute cellphone video left behind by the bomber whose deadly explosives terrorized Austin for weeks details the differences among…

In the wake of a privacy scandal involving a Trump-connected data-mining firm, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg embarked on a rare…

African leaders on Wednesday signed what is being called the largest free trade agreement since the creation of the World…

Declared this month by supporters as Burundi’s “eternal supreme guide,” President Pierre Nkurunziza now wants changes to the constitution that…

The suspect in a spate of bombing attacks in Austin that have killed two people and injured four others this…

Sure. Take that quiz about which hair-metal band is your spirit animal. Share a few snaps of your toddler at…

Iraq has detained or imprisoned at least 19,000 people accused of connections to the Islamic State group or other terror-related…

The Israeli military confirmed Wednesday it carried out the 2007 airstrike in Syria that destroyed what was believed to be…

The UN Security Council reaffirmed its strong support Tuesday for Lebanon’s political independence following a report by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres…

Rockets fired on a market in a government-controlled neighborhood of Damascus on Tuesday killed 35 people and wounded more than…

The Syrian government sent reinforcements to a southern neighborhood in Damascus on Tuesday after losing it to Islamic State militants…

Iraqi authorities have discovered a mass grave with the bodies of 38 Indian construction workers abducted when Islamic State militants…

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was placed in custody on Tuesday as part of an investigation that he received millions…

The Weinstein Co. filed for bankruptcy protection on Monday with a buyout offer in hand from a private equity firm,…

President Xi Jinping vowed Tuesday to protect “every inch” of China’s territory while promoting “high-quality” economic growth and the resurgence…