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Indonesian authorities closed an international airport and residents left homes near an erupting volcano due to spreading ash, falling rocks and the possibility of a tsunami

Prosecutors say two German-Russian men have been arrested in Germany on suspicion of espionage

America stands with Japan until all Japanese abducted by North Korea decades ago return home to end their painful separation

South Africa faces an unusual national election this year, its seventh vote since transitioning from white minority rule to a democracy 30 years ago

A Muslim community leader says a boy accused of stabbing two Christian clerics during a Sydney church service might have “anger management and behavioral issues” and a “short fuse” but had shown no signs of being radicalized on Thursday, after authorities declared the stabbing a terrorist attack

One of the most prominent figures in the far-right Alternative for Germany party is going on trial Thursday on charges of twice using a Nazi slogan, months before a regional election in which he is running to become his state’s governor

Jews around the world will soon celebrate Passover, recounting the biblical story of their exodus from Egypt after hundreds of years of slavery

Coby White scored a career-high 42 points, and the Chicago Bulls advanced in the play-in tournament, knocking out the Atlanta Hawks with a 131-116 victory

Thousands of Black college students expected this weekend for an annual spring bash at Georgia's largest public beach shouldn't expect a warm welcome

A Sydney shopping mall has opened to the public for the first time since the mass stabbing in which six people died