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The U.S. State Department has reiterated its “do not travel” warning for some parts of Mexico as Americans plan their upcoming spring break. “The safety and security of U.S. citizens overseas is one of the Department’s highest priorities, and we provide U.S. citizens with relevant information so they can make …

Rescuers in Turkey pulled a family of five to safety on Saturday after they had spent five days in their collapsed home following an earthquake that is responsible for the deaths nearly 25,000 people in Turkey and Syria.  The mother and daughter, Havva and Fatmagul Aslan, were the first retrieved …

Mayor John Tory of Toronto, Canada has announced his resignation following public revelations of an affair with a female former aide. Tory, 68, admitted to carrying on a romantic relationship with an unnamed 31-year-old woman after the Toronto Star reported the affair. SOME MIGRANTS HAVE SECOND THOUGHTS AFTER FLEEING NYC …

A wave of Chinese citizens “desperate” to flee an oppressive regime and cross illegally into the U.S. is a “perfect opportunity” for the communist party to smuggle in its agents, a China expert said. “There is deep pessimism in Chinese society and that is driving people to leave the country,” …

A World War II bomb exploded in the English town of Great Yarmouth on Friday as workers attempted to diffuse it, according to police. The device was discovered Tuesday in a river crossing in Great Yarmouth. It was located by a contractor working on the third crossing over the River …

A Palestinian plowed a car into a crowded bus stop in east Jerusalem on Friday, killing two people, including a six-year-old, and injuring five others before being shot and killed, Israeli police and medics said, the latest escalation as violence grips the contested capital. The car-ramming took place in Ramot, …

A bus traveling from Poland to Belgium came off a highway in eastern Germany on Friday and overturned, injuring 35 people, six of them seriously, officials said. The accident happened on the A2 highway near Magdeburg, west of Berlin, in the early hours of the morning. Police said there were …

Moldova’s president named businessman and former minister Dorin Recean as the country’s prime minister-designate after the top government position was left vacant Friday when Natalia Gavrilita unexpectedly resigned 18 months into her crises-wracked tenure. President Maia Sandu told a news conference that members of the ruling Party of Action and …

China has accused the United States of lying to the world after the House of Representatives unanimously passed a resolution condemning Beijing’s statements about a surveillance spy balloon hovering across North America. “China is strongly dissatisfied with this and firmly opposes it,” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said during a …

Items belonging to former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, including rare art and personal items, have emerged for sale at auction after an unnamed landfill worker saved them from a storage unit.  “The exact circumstances of how these items came to be thrown away are unknown, although it is typical …