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A Russian missile strike on port infrastructure in Odesa in southern Ukraine killed eight people and wounded 27, Ukraine's emergency service said Saturday, as a a Kremlin envoy was set to travel to Florida for talks on a U.S.-proposed plan to end the ...

Hundreds of thousands of people attended the funeral Saturday of a leading Bangladeshi activist who died of gunshot wounds sustained in an attack in Dhaka earlier this month, as political tensions gripped the country ahead of elections.

U.S. forces late Friday launched a massive attack against Islamic State targets across Syria, fulfilling President Trump's vow of "retaliation" after an ISIS gunman killed three Americans last weekend.

Seven wild Asiatic elephants were killed and a calf was injured when a high-speed passenger train collided with a herd crossing the tracks in India's northeastern state of Assam early Saturday, local authorities said.

At midnight on Christmas Eve, the words of the traditional hymn "The Night of Christmas" will ring out in the tiny grotto in Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity, built on the site where Christians believe Jesus Christ was born.

The House intelligence oversight committee is investigating what the panel's chairman says were faulty intelligence analyses on the mysterious brain injuries known as Havana Syndrome.

A Japanese couple died after a fire broke out in a private sauna room at a sauna facility in Tokyo earlier this week.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has announced the start of an effort to "eliminate ISIS fighters, infrastructure, and weapons sites" in Syria following the deaths of three U.S. citizens.

It's been a grim week at the end of a tough year for the United Nations: Six U.N. peacekeepers were killed in a drone attack in Sudan. A U.N. interpreter died while in the custody of South Sudan's security personnel. And 10 more U.N. staff were ...

Navy Secretary John Phelan said Friday the Legend-class National Security Cutter will serve as the model for its small surface combatant ship program.