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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The latest on North Korea's announcement that it conducted a hydrogen bomb test Wednesday (all times Seoul): 5:31 a.m. Thurs...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Soon after the ground shook around its nuclear testing facility, North Korea trumpeted its first hydrogen bomb test — a self...

JERUSALEM (AP) — Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, who claimed to be on the cusp of a historic peace deal with the Palestinians just a few years ago,...

BEIRUT (AP) — Hundreds of people from opposite sides in Syria's civil war were evacuated from contested areas on Monday under a U.N.-backed truce, wit...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — An apology from Japan's prime minister and a pledge of more than $8 million sealed a breakthrough deal Monday in a decades-l...

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Islamic extremist in Mali's north have killed at least 15 people in two attacks in the Kidal region near the border with Algeria, ...

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia and Qatar have agreed on steps to encourage the Syrian opposition to sit down for talks with the Syrian government, the Russian f...

HAVANA (AP) — The United States and Cuba are close to a deal on restoring regularly scheduled commercial flights, Cuban and American officials said We...

LEER, South Sudan (AP) — South Sudan's civil war took away everything that had been precious to Mary Nyak Chot. "All my children were killed. The youn...

BUJUMBURA, Burundi (AP) — The U.S. government asked its citizens to leave Burundi as soon as possible Sunday after 87 people were killed Friday in an ...

BUJUMBURA, Burundi (AP) — In coordinated attacks, gunmen stormed three military installations in Burundi before dawn Friday. At least 15 people were k...

LE BOURGET, France (AP) — Talks on a global pact to fight global warming appeared to make progress late Friday, with some negotiators telling The Asso...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Barry Schweid, the legendary Associated Press diplomatic correspondent who reported and analyzed events from dozens of countries ove...

BRUSSELS (AP) — After years of trying to balance security needs with privacy rights, the European Union agreed Friday on a system to share airline pas...

PARIS (AP) — President Barack Obama said Tuesday that parts of the global warming deal being negotiated in Paris should be legally binding on the part...

Leaders of a warming Earth, in largest gathering ever, rethink global energy in ParisThe Latest: Pope Francis warns 'it's now or never' to come up wit...

PARIS (AP) — French President Francois Hollande met with environmental groups Saturday, pushing for an ambitious global deal to reduce man-made emissi...

PARIS (AP) — The latest on the deadly attacks in Paris. (All times local): ___ 3 a.m. President Barack Obama says he's taking a wait-and-see approach ...

ANTALYA, Turkey (AP) — World leaders vowed a vigorous response to the Islamic State group's terror spree in Paris as they opened a two-day meeting in ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — It's the elephant in the negotiating room that few officials want to acknowledge: Whatever international deal comes out of Paris cli...