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DRESDEN, Germany:  Thousands of German anti-Islam protesters on Monday vented their fury at Chancellor Angela Merkel over her welcoming of refugees, accusing her...

OSLO:  Almost a third of cactuses are at risk of extinction because of threats including illegal trade and a spread of farms in...

 Larry Page, CEO of Alphabet, Google's new parent company   SAN FRANCISCO:  Google's new parent company hit the stock market on Monday with an...

PARIS:  Air France's human resources manager had his shirt stripped from him as he was "almost lynched" on Monday by workers protesting at...

BRUSSELS:  Controversial ride-sharing service Uber faces a crackdown by governments around the world and protests by angry taxi drivers, but the company insists...

By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY:  Pope Francis told a Roman Catholic meeting on family issues on Monday that the Church should not be...

PARIS:  UNESCO's director-general on Monday condemned the destruction of the Arch of Triumph in the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra by Islamic State...

KIEV:  President Petro Poroshenko has stressed that Ukraine must regain control of its eastern border by the end of December even if full...

NEW YORK: Twitter said Monday that co-founder Jack Dorsey, interim chief executive since July 1, will become CEO of the online messaging service...

TOKYO: Japan's prime minister said Monday a dozen nations have reached "broad agreement" on the Trans-Pacific Partnership, which aims to become the world's...

BIOT:  Volunteers and firefighters began the gruelling task Monday of cleaning up French Riviera towns strewn with mud and debris, as the death...

A Russian Navy ship named 'Caesar Kunikov' passes through the Dardanelles strait in Turkey en route to the Mediterranean Sea, Sunday,   MADRID: Russia's...

Portraits of Nobel Medicine Prize winners (L-R) Irish-born William Campbell, Satoshi Omura of Japan and China's Youyou Tu are displayed on a screen...

Conakry: Clashes between supporters of Guinea's ruling party and opposition activists left at least one dead and more than 80 wounded, a charity...

By Guy Faulconbridge and William James MANCHESTER:  Prime Minister David Cameron said his renegotiation of Britain's ties with the European Union was "bloody...

    By William James MANCHESTER:  Russia is engaged in "classic asymmetric warfare" in Syria by using its military clout to prop up President Bashar...

By Brent Lang LOS ANGELES:  "The Martian" blasted off with a massive $55 million this weekend, nearly surpassing another space-based adventure, "Gravity," as...

South African coal miners began a strike on Sunday after wage talks collapsed last week, disrupting the sector that produces the country's electricity...