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U.S. Navy destroyers shot down seven missiles and drones fired by Yemen’s Houthi rebels at the warships and three American merchant vessels they were escorting through the Gulf of Aden

Australian police say they have seized a record 2.3 tons of cocaine from a fishing boat off the coast of Queensland

President Joe Biden on Sunday had the AIDS Memorial Quilt spread on the White House South Lawn to observe World AIDS Day

Taiwan’s president Lai Ching-te met with Hawaii's governor and the state’s congressional representatives during a Pacific island tour that has already triggered criticism from Beijing

Taiwan’s president visited a U.S. State Department-funded think tank and educational institution on the second day of a two-day visit to Hawaii that’s part of a Pacific island tour that has already triggered criticism from Beijing

Negotiations on a treaty to end plastic pollution have concluded in Busan, South Korea without reaching an agreement

Canada’s ambassador to the United States says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was successful in getting President-elect Donald Trump and some key cabinet nominees to understand that lumping Canada in with Mexico over the flow of drugs and migrants into the U.S. is unfair

Negotiators working on a treaty to address the global crisis of plastic pollution for a week in South Korea won't reach an agreement and plan to resume the talks next year

Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency says Israeli jets have launched an airstrike over a southern Lebanese border village, while troops shelled other border towns and villages still under Israeli control

Belgium is granting sex workers full labor rights, including health insurance, paid leave and pensions, starting Sunday