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Nothing kick-starts a city like a new museum.

The ceasefire declared in Syria at the end of 2016 has already practically collapsed. This is not surprising. No ceasefire in Syria has so far managed to hold long enough to pave the way for meaningful peace talks. This is not because the Syrian opposition hasn't taken ceasefires seriously, but because the regime of Bashar al-Assad and its allies have re-defined ceasefires.

Good news has been in short supply the last 12 months, but for nervous fliers there's one ray of light: 2016 was one of the safest years in aviation history.

All the news that's fit to ban -- that's essentially China's position on The New York Times.

British Prime Minister Theresa May has moved quickly to fill a key government vacancy, announcing the appointment of Tim Barrow as the country's ambassador to the European Union after his predecessor's controversial resignation.

South Korea is ratcheting up its rhetoric against Pyongyang with a new threat: Come at us, and we'll cut off the head of the snake.

Twenty-one inmates who ran from a Philippine prison during an armed raid have been recaptured, officials said Thursday.

President-elect Donald Trump took to Twitter Tuesday evening to deride the US intelligence agencies due to brief him on alleged Russian hacking of American political groups.

An Israeli military court convicted an Israeli soldier, Elor Azaria, of manslaughter Wednesday in the fatal shooting of a wounded Palestinian man last March.

Simon Fraser, former head of the UK Foreign Office, speaks with Christiane Amanpour about the shock resignation of the UK's ambasador to the EU.

Turkish authorities have detained five alleged ISIS members in connection with the New Year's Day nightclub terror attack that left 39 people dead and dozens wounded, state-run news agency Anadolu reported Wednesday.

Time for a long trip along the new silk road.

It's a bitterly cold, bleak day on a military base in South Korea.

As if recent red alerts for smog weren't bad enough, China has now issued its first-ever red alert for fog to go along with them.

Face down in the mud, a baby boy lies still after washing up on a river bank.

ExxonMobil and Rex Tillerson have announced their plan to address concerns about the huge nest egg the oil giant has promised to its former CEO.

Alfonso Wong, the creator of Asia's iconic "Old Master Q" comic strip, has died, according to the comic's publishing company.

Outspoken Iraqi journalist Afrah Shawqi al-Qaisi, who was kidnapped by gunmen about a week ago, has been freed, security officials and her sister told CNN on Tuesday.

Four million people in Damascus have suffered from acute water shortages for more than a week after springs outside the Syrian capital were targeted.