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An Ethiopian Airlines plane en route from Addis Ababa to Rome has been forced to land in Geneva after being hijacked, Swiss police say. One hijacker has been arrested. The airline said in a statement that all passengers and crew...

All 18 people aboard a small plane that crashed in bad weather in Nepal were killed, an army spokesman said on Monday, after searchers battled heavy rain and harsh winds to reach the rugged site the day after the...

Ukrainian opposition protesters ended a two-month occupation of city hall in Kiev on Sunday and opened a road to limited traffic, meeting an amnesty offer aimed at easing a stand-off over President Viktor Yanukovich's rule. The authorities, for their part,...

A dozen South African illegal miners were brought to the surface on Sunday after being trapped in an abandoned gold mine near Johannesburg, but an unknown number remained underground because they feared arrest, an emergency services spokesman said. "Twelve have...

President Barack Obama warned Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Sunday that enacting an anti-gay law would complicate U.S. relations with Uganda and would be a "step backward for all Ugandans." Obama, on a weekend golf holiday in Southern California, issued...

President Barack Obama said on Friday he is considering new ways to pressure the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad as he pledged fresh U.S. assistance to Jordan's King Abdullah, whose country is reeling from the Syrian civil war. Obama...

A Bahraini policeman died on Saturday after being wounded in a bomb explosion during protests to mark the third anniversary of a pro-democracy uprising led by majority Shi'ite Muslims. The Interior Ministry said the policeman was one of four wounded...

The Taliban called on Afghans to expel the United States from Afghanistan on Saturday just as they said Afghan mujahideen fighters had done to Soviet forces 25 years ago to the day. In a statement issued on the 25th anniversary...

China's Foreign Ministry pushed back against U.S. pressure on North Korea and the disputed South China Sea on Friday, as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Beijing for high-level meetings. Speaking in Seoul before leaving for Beijing, Kerry...

Eleven people were killed when attackers mounted a bomb, grenade and gun assault on the main prison in Yemen's capital on Thursday to free inmates, security sources and witnesses said. Explosions and gunfire could be heard several kilometers away from...