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The handwritten letter relays a desperate message: "S.O.S. Please help me."

Alexander Lukashenko -- often called "the last dictator in Europe" -- certainly has well-disciplined citizens.

The world's first malaria vaccine becomes less effective as time passes, a study showed, especially among children living in areas with high rates of disease.

Having spearheaded Britain's surprise exit from the EU, Conservative politician Boris Johnson delivered a further bombshell Thursday when he announced he would not be running to replace outgoing Prime Minister David Cameron.

With just 36 days to go before the Rio Olympics kick off, the situation in the host city just went from bad to worse.

More than 1.6 billion Muslims worldwide will celebrate Eid al-Fitr on July 5 and July 6.

The Jewish prisoners used spoons and their bare hands to dig the tunnel in Lithuania's Ponar forest during World War II, hoping it would lead them to freedom.

This week three simultaneous suicide bomb attacks rocked Istanbul Ataturk Airport, one of the busiest in the world, killing 43 people. Turkish government officials almost immediately blamed ISIS for the deaths, which coincided with the restoration of full diplomatic relations with Israel and the thawing of ties with Russia.

At least 34 people were killed Thursday when two suicide bombers attacked a convoy of buses carrying newly graduated police officers in Afghanistan, authorities said.

Luc was only 7 years old when his world went dark and he became blind unexpectedly. But as he likes to say, blindness isn't very effective on him.

One week after the Brexit referendum, many people who voted to leave the EU last Thursday -- patriotic, decent people -- have been telling me things like, "I voted Leave in protest and never thought we'd win." Another told me: "Why didn't we know about all the risks? Why didn't the media warn us?"

Less than a week ago, they were newlywed lovebirds, enjoying a honeymoon. But amid automatic gunfire and screaming victims, Steven Nabil and Narneem Shorees became convinced that their recent nuptials would soon be followed by funerals.

The sister of the U.S. ambassador to Libya killed in Benghazi said she doesn't blame Hillary Clinton for Chris Stevens' death, instead pointing to Congress for under-budgeting the State Department.

He's just won a presidential election -- now he's targeting the European Championship finals.

As passengers at Istanbul's Ataturk Airport waited to board their flights Wednesday, workers picked up shattered glass and washed off blood that was barely dry.

ISIS, perhaps the most feared terrorist group in the world, traces its short history to a man who was a prison gang leader, a high school dropout and an alleged teenage pimp.

This morning I stood outside Istanbul airport reporting on a complex attack, which bore all the hallmarks we've come to associate with the deadly ambitions of ISIS.

The lighthouse that a group of Cuban migrants scaled in an attempt to reach the United States isn't "dry land," a federal judge ruled Tuesday.

British Prime Minister David Cameron will face European Union leaders Tuesday as the bloc meets to discuss the UK's potentially convoluted and messy divorce from the European Union.