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Many Swedes were horrified in early 2017 when U.S. President Donald Trump linked immigration to rising crime in Sweden, but an increasing number now agree with him. Amid soaring crime rates , gang violence, complaints about education, and pregnant mothers

A U.N. report says the Islamic State extremist group has an estimated 20,000 to 30,000 members roughly equally distributed between Syria and Iraq and its global network poses a rising threat _ as does al-Qaida.

Cryptocurrency trading has recently been deemed illegal in Saudia Arabia. A committee consisting of the Capital Market Authority (CMA), Ministry of Ministry of Interior membership, Ministry of Media, Ministry of Commerce and Investment and Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority (SAMA) has released a

Iran's supreme leader has ordered a purge of banking and finance officials in response to its economic crisis, after the head of the judiciary said the country was facing "economic war". State...

Death toll from quake that hit Indonesian island passes 430

Chancellor Angela Merkel's office says she plans weekend talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Germany on issues including the development of a contentious Baltic Sea natural gas pipeline

Russia's military said it had shot down a drone that came close to its Syrian air base at Hmeimim on Saturday and was launched from the Idlib "de-escalation" zone controlled by what Moscow calls "illegal military groups", TASS agency r

BEIJING - A ship carrying soybeans from the United States docked in the port of Dalian on Saturday, more than a month after it arrived off China's coast just hours after hefty tariffs were The post U.S. soybean cargo docks in Chinese port after weeks

36,000 Malian military will be deployed with a particular focus on the Mopti region during Sunday's runoff.

Fredericton police have charged a suspect in Friday's morning shooting that left four people dead. Matthew Vincent Raymond, 48, has been charged with four counts of first degree murder.

Demonstrators endured pouring rain ahead of an advancing typhoon to express their opposition to the US Marine base. Tokyo plans to begin pouring landfill for the new site in the coming days but opponents vow to block it.

In a rare diplomatic foray and the strongest sign yet of the Taliban's increasing political presence in the region, the head of the militant group's political office led a delegation to Uzbekistan to meet senior Foreign Ministry officials, Uzbek a

A stray bullet in one of Rio de Janeiro's crime-ravaged suburbs tore into a hospital and hit a woman being treated there, police say.

Riga (dpa) - The Estonian army has failed to find a potentially armed missile at its expected landing place after it was accidentally fired over the country's southern skies by a Spanish fighter jet. The Spanish plane was participating in NATO operations on Tuesday when the missile was released.

Willie Dille, 53, a member of the anti-immigrant Freedom Party, shared the footage on Facebook in which she said she'd been attacked by the group as part of an intimidation campaign.

Yesterday we observed that in what would mark an abrupt and serious escalation of the US-China trade and currency war, the NY Post reported that the Trump administration, as part of a crackdown on certain US investments made by Chinese companies, is set t

A group of American journalists were aboard the P-8A Poseidon reconnaissance plane over the Spratly chain of islands

Russian PM cautions U.S. against targeting Russian banks, use of dollar

Livestock farmers in Scandinavia are struggling to feed their livestock as the worst drought in 70 years hits harvests

A look at the escalating diplomatic dispute between Canada and Saudi Arabia: