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Two Danes, two Australians, a Briton and an American have died after visiting Vang Vieng, an idyllic town that is popular with foreign backpackers, and drinking contaminated alcohol.

Armed Shi’ite and Sunni Muslims have engaged in tribal and sectarian rivalry for decades over a land dispute in Kurram district near the Afghanistan border.

Indian phenom Gukesh Dommaraju will face off against the reigning world champion, China's Ding Liren. Magnus Carlsen will again be absent.

Jordan’s government communications minister, Mohamed Momani, described the shooting as a terror attack that targeted public security forces.

Mercedes driver George Russell won the night race from pole position. But Verstappen secured the trophy by finishing ahead of his sole championship rival, Lando Norris.

The summit cut to the heart of the debate over financial responsibility of industrialized countries to compensate others for worsening damage brought by climate change.

Nearly 50,000 people from 200 countries were in Azerbaijan for this year’s United Nations Climate Change Conference, with the goal of reaching a critical deal on climate finance.

This week's saber rattling has come during a period in which the war has passed 1,000 days and at a pivotal moment in the conflict between Moscow and Kyiv.

The Dublin jury awarded the woman nearly 250,000 Euros ($257,000) for her lawsuit that claimed the mixed martial artist “brutally raped and battered” her Dec. 9, 2018.

The airport said passengers were told to leave “as a precaution” during an investigation.

Hungary pledged Friday to defy the International Criminal Court, breaking with many of its European neighbors.