The safest places on earth are now predominantly in the Gulf and East Asia. The UAE leads globally at 86.0. Qatar follows at ...

A weather system may drive bitter cold into Florida, with an expert saying some areas could run 20-25 degrees below normal.

China has applied a dual-use approach by deploying civilian research ships that provide critical maritime data to its ...

The United States secured the third-largest territorial acquisition in its history after a U.S. diplomat defied the president who appointed him.

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Some neighborhoods, especially in the Inner Loop to the west of Downtown, have added thousands of residents over the last ...

The survey will take place in an area of 30,000 square miles being considered for mining that is adjacent to the Rose Atoll ...

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Fishermen at the southern tip of Yorke Peninsula say they are getting a dreaded feeling of deja vu as clouds of toxic algal bloom sweep through their waters, with fears it could move west across the ...

After being flagged by UK Lawyers for Israel, site appears to remove map, change wording that asserted 'Palestine' extended from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea The post After complaints, ...

Recall the image etched in memory: a bulldozer driven by fighters of the self-proclaimed Islamic State smashing through the ...