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The chairman of Nigerian conglomerate Honeywell Group said Tuesday Africa’s biggest economy is in a state of “national emergency.”

The poll comes almost a month after a mass shooting at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon.

After 18 months of conflict, separatists announced the beginning of mortar withdrawal as a two-month truce hangs in the balance.

Indonesian President Joko Widodo, who is visiting the United States, did not refer directly to the USS Lassen's foray into waters claimed by China.

Some 60 percent of illegal guns recovered by the city in a four-year span came from outside Illinois.

The east-west division among Ukraine voters has plagued the country since it became independent in 1991.

The United States and Saudi Arabia agreed to increase support to Syria's moderate opposition while seeking a political resolution of the four-year conflict.

"We are going to win this race,” Edwards promised as he addressed supporters hours after the polls closed.

Hurricane Patricia was downgraded to a tropical storm, but the deluge from torrential rain derailed a Union Pacific train in Southeast Texas.

With more than 140 political parties registered, Ukraine's local elections Sunday could wind up being a referendum on the policies of the national government in Kiev.

The comments by navy chief Wu Shengli come as Washington considers conducting freedom-of-navigation operations within 12 nautical miles of artificial islands China has built in the disputed South China Sea.

Chafee barely registers in opinion polls. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is the front-runner in the field of four candidates for the Democratic nomination for the November 2016 election.

Hillary Clinton's testimony in front of a House committee is unlikely to change the minds of voters who largely already know how they feel about her.

Sony has reduced the price of its PS4 gaming console in various markets across the world.

In a quiet move, the U.S. State Department cut millions in funding to Mexico tied with the drug war over the Mexican government's failure to improve human rights conditions.

The Islamic nation, which is No. 2 in both GDP and population in the Middle East, hopes to rejoin Swift, a vital organization for reconnecting with the global economy.

China's Xiaomi is planning to bring big-screen 4K to the masses with the Mi TV 3 offering a 60-inch high-resolution panel for under $800.

"The United States is deeply concerned about Iran's recent ballistic missile launch," the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Samantha Power, said in a statement.

Federal prisons have been phasing out pork products on menus for about two years, but one of the remaining items was roast pork.

Costs and enrollment in Medicaid are expected to slow during the 2016 fiscal year.

Four members of the Zone 9 blog were acquitted of terrorism charges Friday morning after spending 18 months in prison.