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NAIROBI, Kenya — A 30-hour siege by Shabab militants at an upscale hotel in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, has left 21 people dead and more than 100 wounded, government officials said.It was...

RIO DE JANEIRO — A motorcade of black vehicles approached Brazil’s presidential palace on Thursday afternoon and then, surprisingly, stopped. To the delight of a crowd gathered under the afternoon sun, out...

GODHRA, India — For 15 years, as she moved from house to house for her family’s safety, Bilkis Bano waited for assurance from the courts that the men who gang-raped her and...

In human society, the "RULE OF LAW" is the highest standard. The "rule of law" is supreme and can't be denied by any other set of laws. The verification of this most...

Daily shelling at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear complex has sparked international concerns about the possibility of a meltdown or release of radiation from spent nuclear fuel in storage.Credit...David Guttenfelder for The New York...

OSLO — It was another good day for Freya, the 1,300-pound walrus named for the Norse goddess of love, beauty and war, who had become a beloved and feel-good international media sensation,...

MEXICO CITY — The disappearance of 43 Mexican students in 2014 was a “crime of the state” involving every layer of government, an official inquiry reported on Thursday, in the most profound...

VideoA Russian missile destroyed a dormitory that was home to older people and people with hearing impairments, according to Ukrainian officials. At least 10 civilians were killed and another 17 wounded, including...

Seven Palestinian human rights organizations that Israel has accused of having links to terrorism were raided on Thursday by dozens of Israeli soldiers who broke down office doors, seized documents, printers and...

LONDON — Train travel in Britain largely ground to a halt on Thursday, after tens of thousands of railway workers walked out over wage disputes, the latest work stoppage in a summer...