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Russian President Vladimir Putin took a jab at France on Sunday, saying it was "not so involved" in efforts to end the war in Syria amid a spike in tensions between the two countries.

Kuwait's ruler dissolved parliament by royal decree Sunday over unspecified security concerns as low oil prices squeeze government coffers, setting the stage for early elections in the tiny, oil-rich country.

The girls were exchanged for four Boko Haram prisoners in Banki, northeast Nigeria, said local sources.

In new remarks surfaced on Thursday that could sound a death knell for his presidential aspirations, Donald Trump is heard in a 1992 video about a young girl that he is going to be dating her in the next 10 years.

Officials haven't provided information on casualties from the US missiles fired early today.

Pakistan needs to target the Haqqani network and not the press, a top American senator, who was instrumental in blocking the sale of F-16 fighter jets to the country, said on Wednesday after Islamabad detained a journalist for writing an article criticisi...

Nobel laureate Desmond Tutu shed tears of gratitude on his 85th birthday Friday as he presided over a cathedral Mass despite his poor health. And in a newspaper column, the former archbishop said he would like to have the option of a "dignified assisted d...

The U.S. on Friday bluntly accused Russia of war crimes in Syria and then pointed a finger directly at the Kremlin for hacking American political sites and email accounts to interfere with the upcoming presidential election.

Council members have been holding negotiations for the past week over the draft resolution, which calls for an end to the bombing of Aleppo, access for aid deliveries and a halt to all military flights over the city.

With numerous rescue boats en route to Italy to unload the huge human cargo collected on Monday, the Astral was left alone to deal with the overloaded wooden boat for several hours.

Turkey's parliament on Saturday overwhelmingly approved a one-year extension of an existing mandate to use Turkish troops abroad in Syria and Iraq.

Muslims in Hungary say they are wary of the government's anti-migrant referendum this weekend, which polls suggest has boosted xenophobic feelings.

President Barack Obama was left cooling his heels after attending the funeral for Israel's Shimon Peres as former President Bill Clinton chatted on the tarmac.

Terming the historic 1972 Simla agreement between India and Pakistan a "big mistake", Chief Minister of Pakistan's Punjab province Shahbaz Sharif has said it partially hurt the Kashmiris' freedom struggle.

Pakistan on Friday postponed the SAARC Summit to be held here next month after India along with four other member states of the regional grouping decided against attending the meet.

Republican nominee Donald Trump on Friday claimed the first presidential debate with Hillary Clinton was "rigged" after political analysts said his Democratic rival won the debate.