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UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson arrived in the US on Sunday for what his office said was a series of meetings with President-elect Donald Trump's closest advisers and congressional leaders.

American hostages are more than twice as likely to die in captivity or remain captive as hostages from other Western nations, largely a result of America's no-ransom policy, write Peter Bergen and Christopher Mellon

It's not impossible that the United States, much of the world, or even the Kremlin have been looking at the Trump-Putin lovefest through the wrong end of the telescope. Why not examine just how Donald Trump might play Vladimir Putin?

ISIS has claimed responsibility for two suicide bombings at crowded Baghdad markets on Sunday, killing 16 people.

Former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani died Sunday after suffering a heart attack, Iranian state-run media said. He was 82.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Sunday he believes President-elect Donald Trump's hopes of working more cooperatively with Russia "will be dashed pretty quickly."

Police say at least four are dead following a vehicle attack in Jerusalem.

When President Obama delivers his farewell address from his home city of Chicago on Tuesday, he will have a special opportunity to speak out on the key challenge facing America.

If this was a taste of things to come in 2017 then tennis fans are in for a real treat.

A deadly car bomb Saturday rocked the center of the rebel-held city of Azaz in northern Syria, near the Turkish border, according to activists.

A large sheet of ice is set to break away from Antarctica and scientists say it will be one of the largest breaks of its kind recorded.

It's one thing for the government to know who committed a cyberattack. It's quite another for it to convince the public who attacked, writes Bruce Schneier.

London breached its annual air pollution limits five days into the new year, Mayor Sadiq Khan said Friday.

Russia has started to cut back its forces in Syria, beginning with an aircraft carrier group, Russian state news agency TASS reported Friday.

There has been an explosion near a courthouse in the western city of Izmir, Turkey, state-run Anadolu news agency reports.

The sudden bust-up, and equally quick detente, between Australia and Indonesia over the past few days shows just how delicate -- and crucial -- the relationship between the two neighbors is.

Reports of mass sex assaults against women on New Year's Eve in Bangalore, India, have sparked calls for action. CNN's Ravi Agrawal reports.

In a New Year's terror attack on an Istanbul nightclub, 39 people were killed and dozens injured by a lone gunman. CNN's Sara Sidner and Mohammed Tawfeeq gained access to the club and describe the distressing scene inside.