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More than 50 senior officers have been fired in a single call by the Russian Defense Ministry.

Accident cover-ups and failure to report the true state of the fleet are to blame, according…

Myanmar called sad and regrettable a move by the United States to place the country on a list of the world’s worst human trafficking offenders, while rights groups welcome it as long overdue.

London’s ex-mayor, Boris Johnson, abruptly pulled out of the race to become Britain’s prime minister that he was once favored to win, upending the contest less than a week after he led a campaign…

Taiwan’s Navy has mistakenly launched a supersonic anti-ship missile from its Kaohsiung naval base, killing one person and injuring three, officials say. A patrol boat was undergoing a drill…

As the death toll from the Istanbul airport attack rose Thursday to 44, a senior Turkish official said the three suicide bombers who carried it out were from Russia, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan, and…

Israel should stop building settlements, denying Palestinian development and designating land for exclusive Israeli use that Palestinians seek for a future state, the Middle East peace Quartet…

A judge in Mexico has temporarily halted the extradition of cartel boss Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman to the US after his lawyers filed appeals. Mexico agreed to transfer Guzman in May after the US…

Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon made a dash to Brussels on Wednesday to tell the EU that Scots were intent on staying in the bloc, hours after David Cameron told a summit that Britain was…

Turkish investigators pored over video footage and witness statements on Wednesday after three suspected Islamic State suicide bombers opened fire and blew themselves up in Istanbul's main airport…

A motion of no confidence in Labor leader Jeremy Corbyn has been passed by the party’s MPs. The 172-40 vote, which is not binding, follows resignations from the shadow cabinet and calls on Corbyn…

The number of violent crimes committed in Germany by far-right extremists has risen by over 40% in a year, the nation’s internal intelligence agency says. In particular, asylum seekers have been…

Russia and the United States gave contradictory accounts on Tuesday of an incident involving the two countries’ navies in the Mediterranean Sea on June 17, each blaming the other for what they…

A new report into the 2012 attacks on a US mission in Libya has found no new evidence of wrongdoing by then secretary of state, Hillary Clinton. But the administration of President Barack Obama…

South Korea, the US and Japan have conducted their first joint missile-tracking drill, in the waters off the US state of Hawaii.  The move follows North Korea’s repeated tests in recent…

English could vanish as an official EU language if Brexit proceeds. EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has avoided using English, and a top EU parliamentary official has warned of…

The United States has decided to remove Thailand from its list of worst human trafficking offenders, officials said, a move that could help smooth relations with Bangkok’s military-run government…

A Saudi-led coalition airstrike killed 10 Yemeni civilians and wounded at least another 15 in the southern province of Lahj on Tuesday, residents said, a day after bombing attacks by the self-…

Those convicted of battering a “domestic relation” are now banned from buying firearms, even if their charge is a misdemeanor. The decision came amid a heated debate about gun violence in the US…

A series of suicide bombings and other attacks, including one outside a church, rocked a mainly Christian Lebanese village near the Syrian border on Monday, killing five people and wounding nearly…

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier has announced the country’s candidacy to be a non-permanent member once again from 2019 to 2020.

Berlin has long argued for reform of the UN…

A Florida jury has found a former Chilean Army officer liable for the murder of the popular folk singer and activist, Victor Jara, in 1973. It found that Pedro Pablo Barrientos killed the folk…

British Premier David Cameron is to meet European Union leaders for the first time since the UK voted to leave.

The UK prime minister will discuss the implications of the Brexit vote and…

As Palestinians in the West Bank fast from dawn to dusk in scorching heat during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, tens of thousands of people have been affected by the reduced water flow in their…

At least 12 people were killed and 32 wounded when a suicide bomber wearing a vest packed with explosives attacked a mosque west of the capital Baghdad, officials have said.

The damaged flight data recorder from the EgyptAir plane that crashed last month has been successfully repaired in France, Egyptian investigators say. They say that work on the Airbus A320’s…