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Prime Minister has reignited debate over a tiny island that was ceded to more than 40 years ago. The island of Katchatheevu lies 33 kilometers (21 miles) off the coast...

Historians aren’t pulling your leg when they say no one is quite sure about the origins of April Fools’ Day.  April 1, the annual day of shenanigans, pranks, tricks and...

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s president vowed Monday not to back down in the face of vehement protests by doctors seeking to derail his plan to drastically increase medical school admissions,...

April 1 marks April Fools’ Day.  It’s an occasion filled with jokes and pranks.  Pranks can be an annoyance, but they can be fun, too, especially for kids.  In honor...

Chinese state media said an upcoming naval patrol planned by the U.S. and two key allies would further destabilize the region. According to a Politico exclusive that cited U.S. and...

The Israeli military has withdrawn from the Gaza Strip’s largest hospital after a two-week raid, leaving behind scenes of devastation. Hundreds of people returned to al-Shifa Hospital and the surrounding...

A U.S.-bound United Airlines flight from Germany turned around after one of the Boeing 777’s toilets started overflowing and a stench of human waste filled the aircraft, reports say. The...

The Turkish party led by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan suffered big losses in local elections held on Sunday. Ekrem Imamoğlu, the incumbent from main opposition party CHP, led the mayoral...

(Bloomberg) — At a conference in Manhattan last week, a few hundred people gathered to hear luminaries of the cryptocurrency industry and executives from the likes of BlackRock and Fidelity...

John Avlon had just returned from a campaign event at the other end of Long Island when he greeted me at the door of his Sag Harbor home on a...