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UN Chief warns world faces more dangers in year ahead

GENEVA — U.N. Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres warns the world is likely to face many complex and new dangers in 2018. In a year-end message, Guterres appeals for greater unity to overcome...

Emergence of radical political groups raises concern in Pakistan

WASHINGTON — Concerns are being voiced in Pakistan about how a few radical groups with proven terror ties have been allowed to re-brand themselves as political parties. Taj Haider, one of the...

Costa Rican plane crash kills 10 US citizens

Ten U.S. citizens and two pilots were killed Sunday in a small plane crash in the mountains west of San Jose, Costa Rica. Officials say the plane, operated by a local airline...

At least 2 dead in Iran protests

At least two demonstrators were reportedly killed during clashes between anti-government protesters and police in Iran on Saturday. A video posted on social media purported to show two protesters after they were...

Assisted breeding program helps Australia’s ailing Great Barrier Reef

SYDNEY — There’s new hope for ailing parts of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef - assisted reproductive technology. Researchers have been capturing coral spawn and rearing millions of larvae in large tanks. The reef...

AP: Trump’s initial outreach to North Korea backfired

The Associated Press reported early Saturday that in the first month of U.S. President Donald Trump's term in office, he sent "an American scholar" to meet with North Korean officials and...

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