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Russia and China each signaled Monday a desire for a peaceful resolution to the tensions surrounding North Korea’s nuclear and ballistic missile activity.

Pope Francis used his traditional Christmas message to call for a negotiated two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to help bring peace to the Middle East.

Nigerian soldiers thwarted an attempted terrorist attack by suspected Boko Haram militants on the city of Maiduguri Monday, sending panicked residents fleeing for their lives.

A woman and a child walk with their belongings along a road destroyed by Tropical Storm Tembin in Munai muncipality, Lanao del Norte, north Mindanao, the Philippines.

Peru’s president has granted a medical pardon to jailed former authoritarian leader Alberto Fujimori, who was serving a 25-year sentence for human rights abuses and corruption.

South Sudanese refugees queue for cash distributions at Meri camp in Haut-Uele province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, December 2017.

“It has been an honour meeting you” - says a UNHCR colleague as he says goodbye to little Tesfa who was among 162 refugees evacuated from Libya to Italy.

Afghan officials say a suicide blast early Monday in Kabul killed two intelligence officers and four civilians, while injuring two people.

Afghan officials say a suicide blast early Monday in Kabul killed two intelligence officers and four civilians, while injuring two people.

New U.N. sanctions on North Korea have won rare praise for the Trump administration from a leading Democrat not known for his kind words for the president.