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Washington (AFP) - Retail sales in the United States accelerated in September, according to government data released Thursday, a positive sign for consumption as the election approaches. Overall sales rose...

Kharkiv (Ukraine) (AFP) - When Ukrainian serviceman Igor Shyshko summarised his two years of detention in Russia alongside 72-year-old US citizen Stephen Hubbard, three words came to mind: torture, humiliation,...

Washington (AFP) - The United States on Wednesday conducted multiple B-2 bomber strikes on weapons storage facilities in areas of Yemen controlled by the Iran-backed Huthi rebels, according to the...

Jerusalem (AFP) - Israel struck a Hezbollah target in Syria on Thursday, a war monitor said, and the United States used heavy bombers to hit rebel targets in Yemen nearly...

Beirut (Lebanon) (AFP) - Israel's latest bombardment of Hezbollah targets caused widespread destruction in southern Lebanon, ahead of US and Israeli strikes in the wider region Thursday. Israel's assault on...

United Nations (United States) (AFP) - More than one billion people are living in acute poverty across the globe, a UN Development Program report said Thursday, with children accounting for...

Mexico City (AFP) - Genaro Garcia Luna spent years rising up the ranks of Mexico's security services, earning himself the nickname of "supercop" and a leading role in the fight against...

Los Angeles (United States) (AFP) - Relatives of Lyle and Erik Menendez on Wednesday pleaded for the release of the long-imprisoned brothers as US prosecutors review new evidence concerning the...

Washington (AFP) - Raytheon, a subsidiary of major American defense contractor RTX, will pay more than $950 million to resolve fraud and bribery charges, the US Justice Department announced Wednesday....

New York (AFP) - Mexico's former top security official Genaro Garcia Luna was sentenced to more than 38 years in a US prison on Wednesday for aiding the very drug...