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A perfect storm of protests, police dissatisfaction and poverty in Zimbabwe is challenging long-time leader Robert Mugabe.

Despite the skepticism that accompanied the announcement of the ceasefire in Syria, it might indeed be, as Secretary John Kerry has said, the last hope for bringing peace to the war-torn country.

The mystery behind the bright red color of a river in Siberia may have been solved.

Syria's military claims it has shot down an Israeli warplane and drone in al-Quneitra in southwest Syria early Tuesday morning, according to a statement by the General Command of the Syrian Armed Forces.

South Korea is "getting ready for the worst case scenario," the country's Defense Ministry said Monday, after North Korea claimed last week to have tested a nuclear warhead. '

Chinese and Russian naval forces began joint exercises in the South China Sea on Monday, adding a new twist to ongoing tensions over Chinese island-building in the region.

The sun set in western Syria on Monday, marking the start of a ceasefire that could halt the devastating carnage in the war-torn country.

A deadline to end the violence looms over Syria, with another ceasefire due to take effect at sundown on Monday. The country has faced an apparent intensification of airstrikes in the last 48 hours, a seemingly deliberate attempt by those on the ground to send a message of strength.

From world leader to the wilderness in just under three months.

Charlie Hebdo may be about to find out after officials of an Italian town said they wanted prosecutors to take action against the French magazine for depicting earthquake victims as pasta dishes, and appearing to blame the mafia for the death toll.

The baby boy was born aboard a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) refugee rescue vessel operating in the Mediterranean on Monday morning.

Austria's upcoming presidential election is in a sticky situation, with the government considering postponing the vote over faulty glue on postal forms.

Like the attack on Pearl Harbor, another hinge event in American history, 9/11 was a great tactical victory for America's enemies. But in both these cases the tactical success of the attacks was not matched by strategic victories. Quite the reverse.

North Korea usually projects itself to the world as a fully functioning worker's paradise.

When Hideto Iwai was 16 he shut himself away in his room and refused to come out for four years.

The European Commission has asked its former president Jose Manuel Barroso to provide more details about his work for the U.S. financial giant following a public outcry and pressure from the EU's ethics watchdog.

These are called "love tents" but they're not what you think.

A man was arrested in the Sydney suburb of Minto for allegedly stabbing a 59-year-old man and attempting to attack an officer in what police described as a terrorist act.