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Protesters have burnt 13 schools in two areas in South Africa's northern Limpopo province in a violent dispute …

Brazil's Attorney General Rodrigo Janot has asked the Supreme Court to authorise an investigation against forme…

The European Commission has proposed reforms to EU asylum rules that would see stiff financial penalties imposed on…

High winds and hot temperatures may worsen a huge wildfire that has forced the entire population of a Canadian city…

Top Republicans are divided on whether to support Donald Trump after the businessman all but secured the party'…

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has confirmed he will call an election within the next week. The ruling Liber…

Reports said Brazil's state attorney wants President Rousseff questioned for allegedly trying to stall a …

WASHINGTON | By Timothy Gardner  …

U.N.-backed peace talks to end Yemen's civil war resumed on Wednesday after they were suspended by the Yemeni …

The two rounds of France's 2017 presidential elections will take place on April 23 and May 7, the government a…

MAKHMOUR, Iraq | By Stephen Kalin…

Apple Inc has lost a battle for the use of the "iPhone" trademark on leather goods in China after a Beij…

Turkey's foreign minister said on Wednesday that Islamic State militants must immediately be pushed back from …

China's securities reg…

By Michelle Conlin and Steve Holland   Republican John Hammond III had made no s…

SEOUL (AFP) -  Recent satellite images suggest North Korea has completed the external refurbishment o…

MONTREAL (AFP) -  All 100,000 residents of the Canadian city of Fort McMurray have been ordered to le…

CARACAS (AFP) -  Venezuela's embattled President Nicolas Maduro said Tuesday he would allow a ref…

SANTIAGO (AFP) -  Heaps of dead whales, salmon and sardines blamed on the El Nino freak weather pheno…

WASHINGTON (AFP) -  Be it election time or not, Americans love to groan about Washington. They dismis…

SHANGHAI (AFP) -  China's central bank on Wednesday fixed the yuan currency nearly 0.60 percent w…