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Japanese officials are wary ahead of the arrival of outspoken Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte.

Dozens of Islamic State fighters struck at dawn, storming government and security compounds in and around the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk last week, in a coordinated assault more than 100 miles (160 kilometers) from the front lines of the Mosul offensive.

It is graduation day, and Maryam Mutlaq is celebrating her transformation from stay-at-home mom to licensed plumber.

Four people have been critically injured in an accident at a theme park on Australia's east coast.

A Kenyan official says 12 people were killed in an extremist attack targeting non-Muslims in Mandera County near the Somali border.

Human Rights Watch says Saudi Arabia and Russia's candidacies for the U.N.'s top human rights body are compromised by their actions in Yemen and Syria respectively, where they have been accused of unlawful attacks on civilians.

The Baha'i International Community said Tuesday that Iran's effort to crush the religious minority has continued unabated and intensified on some fronts despite President Hassan Rouhani's promises to end religious discrimination.

South Korea's third-quarter economic growth has slipped to its lowest level in more than a year, with Samsung's Galaxy Note 7 recall having an impact.

Hospital officials in Uruguay say that former President Jorge Batlle, one of the country's most important politicians of the 20th century, has died at age 88.

The United Nations is getting a museum — on the Internet, in a headquarters to be built in Copenhagen, and in other locations around the world yet to be announced.

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has commuted all the death sentences handed out in the East African country.

Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto says he could have done a better job handling a controversial Aug. 31 meeting with Republican candidate Donald Trump.

Pakistani troops were conducting an anti-terror operation after gunmen stormed a police training center in the tumultuous southwestern province of Baluchistan Monday, leaving at least 41 people dead.

Police are looking for at least 10 men in connection with the gang rape of a 34-year-old woman on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro.

The head of Austria's right-wing party on Monday called German Chancellor Angela Merkel "the most dangerous woman in Europe" for her initially liberal migrant policies and warned of possible civil war if the influx of people seeking a better life within the European Union is not stopped.

A thin ribbon of dirt is all that protects hundreds of Yazidi soldiers from a regular bombardment from ISIS, attacks that in the last year have included chemical weapons.

U.S.-backed Iraqi and Kurdish forces are making “solid progress” but are now meeting “heavy resistance,” outside Mosul from ISIS, Pentagon spokesman Capt.

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Senegal's minister of justice, who is also the chief of the International Criminal Court's oversight board, has called on South Africa and Burundi to abandon their decision to withdraw from the court.

A Finnish priest who started ringing church bells daily for victims of the Aleppo bombings says the idea spread into a campaign with 800 parishes of all denominations participating worldwide.