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Tehran (AFP) - Long queues formed at petrol stations in Tehran on Tuesday after the United States announced fresh sanctions aimed at pressuring Iran into submission. Washington has turned to...

Washington (United States) (AFP) - Back in 2008 at age 62, Dolly Parton released a single proclaiming she was "just a backwoods Barbie, too much makeup, too much hair. " In...

Moscow (AFP) - US Central Intelligence Agency Director John Ratcliffe visited Moscow on Tuesday for meetings, in what would be his first known visit to Russia as CIA head, US...

Washington (United States) (AFP) - At least a quarter of National Football League players may end up with a degenerative brain disease, according to a new study published Tuesday that...

Geneva (AFP) - The United Nations and the Red Cross warned Tuesday that the world is "dangerously close" to a future where so-called "killer robots" could target humans, and issued...

Washington (United States) (AFP) - A US federal judge postponed on Monday the trial of a Libyan man accused of making the bomb that destroyed a Pan Am flight over...

Beihai (China) (AFP) - Clasping her hands together in prayer, four-year-old Huanle tells God she misses her mum, whom she hasn't seen since Chinese authorities raided their home last year...

Los Angeles (United States) (AFP) - Tens of thousands of people looked set to spend another night away from home Monday as a wind-driven fire bore down on the western...

Washington (United States) (AFP) - The United States on Monday removed Syria from its list of state sponsors of terrorism, rescinding a decades-old designation that came with severe economic restrictions...

Los Angeles (United States) (AFP) - Tens of thousands of people remained evacuated from their homes around the western US city of Reno on Monday as a wind-driven fire raced...