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North and South Korea broke ground Wednesday on an ambitious project to modernize North Korean railways and roads and connect them with the South, but without progress in nuclear negotiations, regular trains won’t be crossing the border anytime soon. The ceremony

At least three people died and 55 were injured on Wednesday in two separate bus accidents in central Turkey’s Kırşehir and the capital Ankara. Three people, including a child, died in Kırşehir province, and 35 others were injured after a bus

A husband-and-wife political power couple who were the current and ex-governors of the central Mexican state of Puebla died in a Christmas Eve helicopter crash, officials announced. Mexico’s political class was stunned by the deaths of Gov. Martha Erika Alonso and

A Japanese court approved a bail request Tuesday for Nissan Motor Co. executive Greg Kelly, who was detained and charged with underreporting the income of his boss, former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn. Tokyo District Court said the American Kelly will be

Gunmen attacked the headquarters of Libya’s foreign ministry in Tripoli on Tuesday, according to a Reuters witness at the scene.   BREAKING – Suspected terrorist attack at the HQ of the #Libya-n foreign ministry in #Tripoli. Smoke billowing from the building

EU and Arab leaders will meet in Egypt in February for their first summit as part of efforts to forge a new European-African alliance and fight migrant smuggling, EU officials said Thursday. European Union leaders first mentioned the summit in Austria

Israel will hold an early general election in April, a spokesman for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday, after members of his governing coalition met to discuss differences over legislation. “The leaders of the coalition decided unanimously to dissolve parliament

The white coffin with the body of the 7-year-old Guatemalan girl who died while in U.S. custody ended its heartbreaking journey home in the pre-dawn hours Monday in a tiny hamlet 220 miles north of the capital. The death of Jakelin