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China and Japan are in a diplomatic feud over Taiwan, with President Trump in the middle.

A U.S. proposal may cross a number of red lines for the Russian leader, who sees little to lose and much potentially to gain from continuing to fight.

France’s highest court has upheld a conviction against Nicolas Sarkozy, who led France until 2012. It comes weeks after he was jailed in a different fraud trial.

Murders of women killed for misogynistic reasons will now be classified as femicide. Campaigners say a broader cultural shift is still needed.

Despite a cease-fire with Hezbollah, almost daily strikes demonstrate an emboldened Israel’s strategy to eliminate its enemies any time, anywhere.

Mr. Branson, the Virgin Group founder and one of Britain’s best known business figures, announced her death in an Instagram post.

A papal video message appeared before a crowd of hundreds in Slovakia, as Guilherme Peixoto, a priest who doubles as an electronic D.J., put on a show.

The furor erupted as President Emmanuel Macron is expected to present a plan for paid, voluntary military service to bolster the armed forces against the threat from Russia.

As Israel’s head of military intelligence, he disregarded signs Egypt and Syria were about to attack in 1973. A commission blamed him for the lack of preparation.

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The designer behind Miss Norway’s wild outfit wasn’t surprised by the attention. “The original plan was to make noise.”

The last five-alarm fire in Hong Kong engulfed a 15-story building in the Mong Kong district, killing four people.

The military sent troops, helicopters and boats to rescue stranded people. At least 33 people have been killed and more than two million displaced over the past week.

Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado faces criticism that she is exaggerating threats posed by Venezuela’s leader to justify U.S. force to overthrow him.

The capital of Indonesia surpassed Tokyo as the world’s most populous city after the United Nations overhauled how it measures urban populations.

President Lai Ching-te says the spending, which must be approved by the island’s legislature, would fund purchases of arms from the United States.

Police statistics in South Africa dispute President Trump’s claim that Afrikaners are being targeted in a genocide, but the high murder rate includes victims of all backgrounds. John Eligon, our Johannesburg bureau chief, traveled with several patrol groups in communities of South Africa to explore how the country is dealing with crime.

The president’s energy strategy is projected to generate more pollution, but so far production has not risen significantly and price drops have been modest, analysts say.

Japan’s prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, is not backing off from comments about Taiwan that enraged China. Many of Japan’s voters like her stance.