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The World Health Organization on Sunday declared an Ebola outbreak in the ​Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda a "public health emergency of international concern".

Two major protests are taking place on Saturday in London, with the Metropolitan police warning it may be one of its busiest days in recent years. Tens of thousands of people are marching in the capital for Unite the Kingdom, an event arranged by far-right activist Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, better known as Tommy Robinson, and the annual pro-Palestine Nakba Day march. The Met drafted more than ...

A commander of an Iranian-backed militia has been charged with plotting to attack Jewish sites in the United States, including a synagogue in New York City, and carrying out terror attacks in Europe as part of a broader campaign of retaliation by Iran since the war began in February.

Sphere Las Vegas will have competition from overseas. The second version of the Bulbous Wonder is rolling into Yas Island in the UAE capital of Abu Dhabi. Sphere announced the specific location on Thursday morning on social media.

Africa's leading public health authority said Friday that there was an outbreak of the Ebola virus in a province of Congo, with dozens of deaths and hundreds of infections suspected.

U.S. President Donald Trump said he made no commitment to Chinese President Xi Jinping over Taiwan, and would make a decision soon over a planned $14 billion arms deal with the island. “On Taiwan he feels very strongly, I made no commitment either way,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One on Friday. The U.S. president said he would ultimately “make a determination over the next fairly ...

OTTAWA – Alberta separatists have been dealt their first major setback in a campaign for a referendum on seceding from Canada, after a provincial court ruled this week in favor of a First Nations bid to halt the petition.

The Pentagon has canceled plans to deploy 4,000 U.S.-based troops to Poland, two U.S. officials said, a surprise decision slammed by lawmakers that renewed questions about President Donald Trump’s expected troop cuts in Europe.

After Xi Jinping regaled Donald Trump with goose-stepping soldiers and flag-waving children, the Chinese leader’s warning that Taiwan could lead to “clashes” between the superpowers amounted to a thunderclap in the choreographed world of Communist Party politics.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer was struggling to hold on to power after his main rival in the government resigned on Thursday, accusing him of political drift, and others positioned themselves for potential challenges to his leadership.

The Senate on Wednesday rejected a Democratic-led measure to halt the war in Iran, in a sign of durable Republican support for the military campaign even after the lapsing of the legal deadline for the Trump administration to receive lawmakers’ approval to continue it.

The postcard-perfect Dutch village of Wolder was set aflutter this year when local volunteers made a thrilling discovery in St. Peter and Paul's Church, which for centuries was rumored to be the final resting place of the fourth musketeer from Alexandre Dumas' famous story.

Russia unleashed a massive daytime drone attack on Ukraine on Wednesday, targeting critical infrastructure in the west, killing at least six people and prompting NATO-member Poland to scramble fighter jets, officials said.

BRASILIA, Brazil – Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Tuesday signed an executive order to eliminate federal taxes on foreign purchases worth up to $50, reversing course on a highly unpopular levy as he gears up to seek re-election in October.