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The Netherlands has passed a controversial new law making everyone a potential organ donor unless they specifically opt out. Similar…

As Syrian President Bashar Assad and his allies push toward final victory and the fight against the Islamic State group…

The British government is unveiling new technology to remove extremist material from social media. It says that the system uses…

The closely watched trial of a Palestinian girl who slapped and punched two Israeli soldiers opened before an Israeli military…

Bill and Melinda Gates, as the world’s top philanthropists, are rethinking their work in America as they confront what they…

For more than a decade, the strongest AIDS drugs could not fully control Matt Chappell’s HIV infection. Now his body…

South African President Jacob Zuma on Tuesday faced increasing pressure from the ruling ANC party to resign, as the government…

Afghan officials are carrying out at least two tracks of talks with the Taliban, The Associated Press has learned, even…

The Trump administration, increasingly concerned that the 74-strong coalition it cobbled together to destroy the Islamic State group is losing…

All flights in and out of London City Airport were canceled Monday after a 500-kilogram (1,100-pound) unexploded World War II-era…

Tramping through snowy fields outside Moscow, emergency workers found both flight data recorders from a crashed Russian airliner as they…

There are some Brazilians who probably aren’t finding much to enjoy in Rio de Janeiro’s colorful Carnival parades — the…

The United States is urging allied nations to help deal with the growing number of foreign fighters that are being…

Palestinian protest icon Ahed Tamimi is to go on trial before an Israeli military court on Tuesday for slapping and…

After decades of bloodshed and strife, including a runup to the Olympic Games that saw the rival Koreas lurching toward…

President Donald Trump on Saturday accused the Democrats of playing politics with classified information, asserting that their memo countering GOP…

The Israeli military shot down an Iranian drone it said infiltrated the country early Saturday before launching a “large-scale attack”…

South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Saturday met with senior North Korean officials including leader Kim Jong Un’s sister over…

In an extraordinary show of unexpected unity, North and South Korea sat side by side Friday night under exploding fireworks…

The closer the US gets to its original goal in Syria of defeating the Islamic State group, the murkier its…