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Education Secretary Linda McMahon sought Sunday to ease concerns about President Trump's call for dramatically increasing the number of Chinese students admitted to U.S. colleges.

Guyana's President Irfaan Ali was sworn in for a second term on Sunday after officially being declared winner of last week's elections, as the small South American country reaps a windfall from offshore oil and gas production.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba announced his resignation Sunday, clearing the way for a leadership contest within his ruling, but wobbly, Liberal Democratic Party.

Russia hit Ukraine's capital with drone and missiles Sunday in the largest aerial attack since the war began, killing four people across the country and damaging a key government building.

Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba announced Sunday that he will resign, following growing calls from within his party to take responsibility for a historic defeat in July's parliamentary election.

Anutin Charnvirakul, a veteran politician best known for successfully lobbying to decriminalize cannabis in Thailand, became the country's prime minister after receiving a royal endorsement Sunday.

More than 300 South Korean workers detained following a massive immigration raid at a Hyundai plant in Georgia will be released and brought home, the South Korean government announced Sunday.

A drone launched from Yemen by the Houthi militant group has hit Israel's southern airport, closing the airspace over southern Israel and halting flights, the Israeli military said Sunday.

Argentines are so used to the corruption in their political system that even Peronists - supporters of the populist movement that dominated Argentina's politics for decades - employ a fatalistic maxim to describe their politicians: "Roban, pero hacen ...

Prosperous Norway is holding an election on Monday with inequality high on the list of concerns and the future of a wealth tax that has endured for over a century in doubt.