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Officials from Iraq and the Manhattan District Attorney's office gathered on Tuesday to mark the repatriation of priceless ancient artifacts

Yemenis on Tuesday continued searching through rubble for survivors in a neighborhood in the capital Sanaa where a Saudi-led coalition

It is unclear how the practice is viewed by Afghanistan's new rulers, the Taliban, who seized power in mid-August and

The United Nations is warning that the world is in a "race against time" to avoid a humanitarian disaster in

Russia raised the stakes Thursday in its dispute with the West over Ukraine and NATO's expansion when a top diplomat

State Department spokesman Ned Price reinforced the notion that Russia has a stark choice to make in talks on Ukraine

State Department officials say the United States has made it clear that genuine progress" in security talks with Russia on

The United States and NATO on Friday roundly rejected Russian demands that the alliance not admit new members amid growing

Top diplomats in the United States and Germany presented a united front over a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine, saying

Protesters in Afghanistan's capital Kabul called Sunday for the international community to recognise the Taliban government. (Associated Press)