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A typhoon has caused serious flooding and flight cancellations in southern Japan.

When Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg was launching a social media revolution 12 years ago, one of his suitemates at Harvard University was pursuing a different status: becoming a rabbi in Israel.

Police in Nepal say small bombs have exploded outside two schools in the capital, but no injuries and only minor damage were reported.

Syria's cease-fire has faltered further after an aid convoy was hit by airstrikes, with activists saying at least 12 people were killed in the attack, mostly truck drivers and Red Crescent workers.

Billionaire George Soros is pledging to invest up to $500 million in startups, established companies, "social impact initiatives," and businesses started by refugees and migrants.

Jordanians have begun voting for a new parliament under revised rules meant to strengthen political parties — an election seen as a small step toward democratic reform.

Having escaped the civil war in her homeland to find refuge in Argentina, Nairouz Baloul hopes the South American nation will now welcome many more Syrians like her to begin a new life.

A Thai court has found a British labor activist guilty of defaming a fruit canning company, and given him a suspended prison sentence.

World leaders gather at the United Nations for their annual meeting Tuesday with an array of global crises that desperately need solutions, topped by the Syrian conflict, escalating attacks around the world by Islamic extremists, and millions of people fleeing fighting and poverty.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has met with former Cuban leader Fidel Castro and his brother President Raul Castro during a one-day state visit in Havana.

South Korean prosecutors are questioning Lotte Group's chairman in a corruption probe at the country's fifth-largest business group.

France said Monday it wants to organize an international conference before the end of the year to present Israelis and Palestinians with a package of incentives if they reach a peace agreement.

Authorities in the southern Mexico state of Guerrero say the head of the state police has been stabbed to death.

A U.S. permanent resident detained for a year in Iran over spying allegations has been sentenced to 10 years in prison and a $4.2-million fine, his supporters said Tuesday, part of a wide crackdown on those with foreign ties which followed the nuclear deal.

The attack on a Syrian aid convoy in Aleppo that left at least 14 dead "raises very serious questions" about Russia's ability to deliver its end of the ceasefire agreement, according to a senior administration official Monday who said the Obama administration ultimately holds Russia responsible for the incident.

Two priests were found dead Monday, hours after they were abducted in Mexico's Gulf coast state of Veracruz.

Uruguay's government on Monday rejected an ultimatum by a former Guantanamo prisoner who is on a hunger strike demanding to leave the South American country.

Two priests have been found dead after they were abducted in Mexico's Gulf coast state of Veracruz.

Joined by human rights lawyer Amal Clooney, a Yazidi woman who described praying for death while being raped by her Islamic State captors called on world leaders Monday to step up efforts to bring the militants group to justice for genocide and other crimes.

A self-defense group says Boko Haram insurgents have attacked a village in northeast Nigeria and beheaded the local chief and his son.