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Authorities say two suspected attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels targeted a ship in the strategic Bab el-Mandeb Strait that links the Gulf of Aden to the Red Sea

After 13 months of what felt like an endless breaking of heat records, the streak came to an end last month

A top U.N. counterterrorism official has told the Security Council that a vast stretch of Africa could fall under the control of groups affiliated with the Islamic State group and affiliated terrorist groups

For the seven athletes competing for Haiti, participating in the Paris Games has always been about more than just winning gold

Greek officials say firefighters on the southern island of Crete battled wildfire flare-ups that forced the evacuation of additional villages in remote mountainous areas

Greek authorities are flying additional forces to the southern island of Crete, where 250 firefighters are battling a wildfire that has forced the evacuation of six mountain villages

Israel’s Western allies have condemned remarks by its far-right finance minister, who suggested that causing the starvation of Gaza’s population of more than 2 million Palestinians “might be just and moral” until Hamas-held hostages are released

Israel’s Western allies have condemned remarks by the country's far-right finance minister who suggested that causing the starvation of Gaza’s population of more than 2 million Palestinians “might be just and moral” until Hamas-held hostages are released

Russian prosecutors on Thursday asked for a 15-year sentence in the treason trial of a Russian-American woman, who has pleaded guilty, Russian news agencies reported

South Korean officials say providing Samsung smartphones to North Korean athletes at the Paris Olympics would violate U.N. Security Council sanctions against the country over its nuclear ambitions