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South Sudan's president and vice president order their rival forces to cease hostilities after days of fighting that has threatened to plunge the nation...

Less than three months after an earthquake devastated Ecuador's northwest coast, another quake rattles survivors huddling in tent camps

At least 272 people have died in fighting between South Sudan's rival factions in the capital Juba in recent days, as heavy gunfire erupts again in the...

Australia's opposition Labor Party conceded defeat in the federal election on Sunday, clearing the way for Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to retain...

The United Nations is warning Peru's famed Machu Picchu ruin is being threatened by tonnes of tourist trash left behind at the site

During the first day of their summit, NATO leaders move to reassure members of the former Soviet bloc against possible threats from Russia. Diane Hodges...

Colombian authorities report that crop production of the coca leaf, which is used to make cocaine, is at its highest levels in the last seven years. Gavino...

Militants attack Bangladeshi police guarding the country's biggest festival marking the end of Ramadan, killing three people and wounding 14. Diane...

Britain's interior minister Theresa May and energy minister Andrea Leadsom begin a two-women campaign to become Britain's next prime minister and...

Rescue workers locate the wreckage of a Russian firefighting plane that went missing while extinguishing a forest blaze in Siberia and recover eight bodies