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Flanked by British and French ships, the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier, pictured, moved through the Strait of Hormuz without incident despite recent threats from Iran.

Turkey's fraught relationship with France is set to erode further as the French Senate prepares to vote on controversial legislation that would criminalize any public denial of what the bill calls the Armenian genocide in Ottoman Turkey in 1915 –…

Yemen's embattled president was on his way Monday to the United States for medical treatment, officials said.

European Union foreign ministers gathered Monday to ramp up pressure on Iran and Syria, with fresh sanctions expected on both nations.

A northern Nigerian city targeted by bombs and a hail of gunfire remained on edge Sunday after blasts that killed at least 156 people and left the police headquarters and other government buildings in charred ruins.

The founder of the shuttered file-sharing site Megaupload appeared in a New Zealand court Monday, as the U.S. Department of Justice seeks to extradite him and other company officials on criminal charges. But his lawyer insisted his client is innocent.
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A suspected U.S. drone fired two missiles at a vehicle in Pakistan's northwest tribal region on Monday, killing at least four suspected militants, intelligence officials said.

Syria’s government rejected the Arab League’s plan instructing President Bashar al-Assad to delegate powers to his vice president, calling it “blatant intervention in its internal affairs,” Syria’s official SANA news agency reported.

Unseeded Russian Ekaterina Makarova upset 12th seed and five-time champion Serena Williams of the United States 6-2, 6-3, to reach the quarterfinals of the Australian Open Monday.

Croatians voted Sunday in support of their country's bid to join the European Union, paving the way for the southern European nation to become the alliance's 28th member.