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Burundi said Thursday it would swiftly crush rebels after they announced they had joined forces to oust President Pierre Nkurunziza following months of bloodshed in the troubled central African country. “It won’t

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s cabinet on Thursday approved Japan’s biggest ever annual defence budget, as the country bolsters its military amid territorial rows and concerns over China’s expanding naval reach. The cabinet

Eight migrants, including three children, drowned when their overloaded boat sank in the Aegean Sea early Thursday while heading for the Greek island of Lesbos, Turkish media reported. The wooden boat capsized

Afghan forces scrambled Thursday to beat back the Taliban from Sangin as the insurgents claimed to have captured nearly the entire opium-rich district, following the first British deployment to the volatile region

The Islamic State jihadist group has expanded its control inside an eastern Syrian city after clashes and suicide attacks killed at least 26 regime fighters, a monitor said. IS militants seized the

Good. Bad. Stupid. When it comes to his choice of words, Donald Trump keeps it simple. So simple, in fact, that even a nine-year-old can get what the outspoken Republican White House

Police made at least four arrests as hundreds of protesters with the Black Lives Matter movement briefly shut stores at the sprawling Mall of America and blocked traffic at Minneapolis airport Wednesday,