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Celebrated as a hero of the anti-apartheid struggle, the late South African freedom fighter Solomon "Kalushi" Mahlangu has life-sized statues adorning city squares and a soccer stadium named in his honor. It's only now, ...

Brexit vote sends not only economic but political shockwaves reverberating around the world

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The Supreme Court only has one scheduled day left this term, and that means the justices are expected to hand down opinions in the remaining cases on Monday. Those include cases on abortion, government corruption and a b...

The Iraqi army retook the final piece of territory held by Islamic State fighters in Fallujah on Sunday, confirming a tentative win declared a week ago when a small number of terrorists had yet to be routed. The city was...

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We survived Friday's Brexit tantrum, but what will tomorrow bring? Markets will feel the reverberations for many days as London unevenly unwinds from Brussels. Particularly hard hit will be European and emerging markets,...

The EU's knee-jerk reaction to get the UK out of its midst as quickly as possible is exactly the wrong reaction at one of the most delicate moments in its 71-year-long history.

Egypt's government on Sunday defended its decision to hand over two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia at an appeals court hearing after the move was struck down by a lower court last week. …

Spain holds its second general election in six months after the four main parties failed to break the political deadlock from December's vote.

A Yellow Cloud electric guitar owned and played by the late pop star Prince has sold at auction in the US for $137,500.

Billionaire investor George Soros warns that Britain's vote to leave the European Union makes the disintegration of the bloc "practically irreversible".

ROME -- Italy’s second most sought-after fugitive, a convicted ‘ndrangheta crime syndicate boss feared as a “merciless killer,” was captured Sunday as he slept in his bed in a hideout in the rugged Calabrian moun...

He could have been me. On May 22, in the eastern Syrian province of Dier ez-Zor, 15-year-old Jamal Nassir al-Oujan was apprehended by militants of the Islamic State for the "crime" of being gay. He was given a short tria...

Authorities are hosting a big bash Sunday to inaugurate newly expanded locks that will double the Panama Canal's capacity in a multibillion-dollar bet on a bright economic future despite tough times for international shi...

The European Union clarifies how the UK can trigger formal negotiations to exit the bloc following Thursday's referendum.

At a gathering of more than 200 mayors Saturday, Airbnb officials extended an enticing offer: Let us collect millions in unpaid hotel taxes for you.          

Markets likely to open flat on Monday after heavy losses on Friday in the wake of the UK vote to leave the European Union Britain's decision to depart from the European Union caused convulsions in the Australian sharemar...

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We hired Cameron to take decisions on our behalf but by pasing the buck back to us he has created a dangerous political vacuum Forget about the humiliating Suez invasion of 1956 or fallout from the 2003 Iraq war. Forget ...

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Beijing residents have put up with choking smog, trash-filled rivers and toxic running tracks. Now they have another concern -- sinking.