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The US State Department said Khalilzad had met with Afghan leaders to discuss 'efforts to finalize a deal with the Taliban'
Family was headed to Pacific beach resort of Puerto Vallarta; victims included five children
Report by Global Alliance on Health and Pollution found pollution to be largest environmental cause of premature death on the planet, causing 15 percent of all deaths
The resolutions call on local authorities to 'abstain from any action encouraging tolerance of LGBTI persons and not to provide any financial assistance to NGOs working for equal rights'
The Russian capital, normally covered with a blanket of snow by mid-December, thus far has had a snowless and cloudy winter, and the Russian weather service warned that it may get even warmer
Britain's new government is taking aim at the broadcaster, accusing it of bias in reporting the recent elections that gave Prime Minister Boris Johnson a sweeping mandate
The gun battle, involving AK-47 automatic rifles and other firearms, erupted late Tuesday in La Joyita penitentiary, one of the country's largest prisons
'I announce I will not be a candidate to form the next government,' Hariri said in a statement
Bongo, 60, gave a roughly four-minute speech to launch a gathering of the 11-nation Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS)
US intelligence chiefs claim that Huawei cannot be trusted and that its equipment is a threat to US national security — an accusation the company has dismissed
Violence from the Boko Haram insurgency started in Nigeria a decade ago, but has since spread to neighboring countries Chad, Niger and Cameroon
The Department of Health and Human Services published proposed rules and guidance Wednesday outlining two pathways to formalize the president's plan, first laid out at the end of July
Locals believe the recent closure was the longest the 13th-century mosque had endured since Kashmir was split between India and Pakistan in 1947 after independence from Britain
Victims of a 2018 shooting rampage in Toronto that left two dead and 13 injured are suing the American maker of the pistol used in the attack, holding it responsible for not making guns safer
Move slaps sanctions on companies working on Russia's Nord Stream pipeline; move is sure to antagonize European nations counting on the project's natural gas
The special dessert, named after Santa Barbara and given to hundreds of people, looks a little like rice pudding but includes wheat, anise, fennel, cinnamon, almonds, raisins and sugar
Danish scientists have managed to extract a complete DNA sample from a piece of birch pitch more than 5,000 years old, used as a kind of chewing gum, a study revealed
In a regulatory filing this week, the streaming service offered the first detailed look at its finances from various regions around the world
Abdelmadjid Tebboune, who is seen as representing old guard, won 58.1 percent of the vote in Thursday's election opposition says was fixed
The jihadist-held region of Idlib is supposed to be protected by a months-old cease-fire deal to prevent a broad regime offensive, but deadly bombardment has continued
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