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A groundbreaking law, which gives some sex workers greater labor protections and social benefits than similar legislation elsewhere in the world, is now in effect in the European country.

World leaders failed to focus on a permanent solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and risk making the same mistake again, the departing United Nations’ envoy in the region says.

The group now advancing, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, says it wants to replace the Assad government with one inspired by Islamic principles.

Prime Minister Michel Barnier pushed a budget bill through the lower house of Parliament without a vote. A no-confidence vote this week could topple him and his cabinet.

Two Americans and a Canadian were climbing Mount Cook before failing to show up to a prearranged flight on Monday.

Kim Seongmin, who fled to South Korea in the 1990s, broadcasts to his homeland twice a day, delivering the kind of information Pyongyang is trying hard to suppress.

For days, pro-Western Georgians have clashed with police over the government’s plan to suspend plans for European Union membership.

On Thanksgiving eve, U.S. diplomats reunited family members who had not seen each other in years because of China’s harsh policies on the ethnic group.

A vote by Parliament could force the prime minister to resign, leaving his budget legislation in limbo.

The president arrived in Angola, where he will highlight American commitment to Africa in the economic competition against China.