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East Timor is celebrating the 25th anniversary of a U.N.-backed referendum that secured its independence from its major neighbor Indonesia, which invaded the former Portuguese colony in 1975

Passengers who bought cabins for a 3 1/2-year round-the-world cruise have been waiting months for the vessel to depart

A 4-year-old boy whose curiosity led to the destruction of a 3,500-year-old jar has returned to the museum in northern Israel where it happened, welcomed by forgiving curators who are using the accident as an educational opportunity

According to official data, at least 115,000 people have disappeared in Mexico since 1952

According to official data, at least 115,000 people have disappeared in Mexico since 1952

The rescue from Gaza of hostage Qaid Farhan Alkadi, who belongs to the Bedouin community in Israel, has put the focus on a minority group that has largely existed on the margins of Israeli society

Czech explosive experts have detonated a World War II bomb at a major chemical plant in northwestern Czech Republic where it was found last week

Ukraine’s air force commander says U.S. experts have joined a Ukrainian investigation into why an F-16 warplane that Ukraine received from its Western partners crashed earlier this week during a Russian bombardment

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has fired the commander of the country’s air force after one of its Western-donated F-16 warplane crashed and the pilot died

Venezuelans awoke Friday to a major power outage in the capital, Caracas, and several states