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Hamas has handed over to the Red Cross in northern Gaza a coffin containing what the Palestinian group says is the body of a deceased hostage, according to the Israeli military.The remains will be transferred to Israeli forces, who...

Anthony Zurcher,North America correspondent, George Wright and Alex SmithBrooks Kraft LLC/Corbis via Getty ImagesDespite decades working for Republican presidents, he became a bitter opponent of President Donald Trump.Having initially endorsed him in 2016, Cheney was appalled by allegations of...

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said Tuesday that the police operation against a powerful criminal faction in Rio that left 121 dead was "a massacre.""There was a massacre, and I think it's important...

The former top legal officer in Israel's military has been arrested after admitting that she authorized the leak of a video that appears to show Israeli soldiers attacking a Palestinian detainee in a detention facility...

The death toll from a powerful earthquake that struck northern Afghanistan early on Monday climbed to 27 on Tuesday, with almost 1,000 others confirmed injured by the temblor, according to national health officials. The U.S Geological...

Tanzania Presidential Press Unit via ReutersEarlier, a Tanzanian woman who asked to be identified as Mama Kassim told the BBC that she had not seen her two sons since polling day - and was unable to reach one of...

At least 26 people have been killed and hundreds of thousands forced to flee their homes as one of strongest typhoons this year ripped through the central Philippines, officials say.Typhoon Kalmaegi has flooded large areas, including entire towns on...

The sole survivor of a fiery plane crash that killed 260 people in western India five months ago is back home in England, but he says his life has been upended by the trauma, leaving...

Thirteen suspected drug cartel members died Monday in a shootout with authorities in the troubled Mexican state of Sinaloa, officials said.Another four suspects were arrested and nine people kidnapped by the gang were freed following...

China sentenced five people to death on Tuesday for their involvement in a violent criminal gang with fraud operations in Myanmar's Kokang region along the border, state media reported. Scam compounds have flourished in Myanmar's...