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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...

Los Angeles (United States) (AFP) - A French tourist who became stranded on a remote road in Death Valley -- routinely one of the hottest places on Earth -- died...

United Nations (United States) (AFP) - The United States urged the UN Security Council on Monday to expand an arms embargo on the Sudanese region of Darfur to cover all...

New York (AFP) - A couple who climbed to the top of the Empire State Building and got engaged appeared in a New York court Monday, before giving each other...

(AFP) - US President Donald Trump vowed Monday to double tariffs on Canadian vehicles beginning next year, as the historically friendly neighbors spiral into a trade war. Trump's threat comes...