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Departing longtime lawmakers perceive little prospect of orderly business in a divided Congress. They’re taking with them decades of experience in the day-to-day work of keeping the government running.

Brazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is welcomed to the National Congress by the numerous heads of state and government officials during his inauguration ceremony. Jens Büttner/dpa Veteran leftist Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva took the oath of office

Palestinians indicate mean slain in a firefight with troops in the West Bank village of Kafr Dan

Hague court could use ‘apartheid’ label and call for expanded probes, just as Israel’s new hardline government pledges to press what it believes to be its rights to the West Bank

Netanyahu fan called left-wingers ‘traitors,’ ‘spawn of the devil,’ lauded Nazi leader for ‘preventing 6 million more,’ called Bennett a ‘terrorist’ and wished death for his family

By Pavel Polityuk KYIV (Reuters) – Russia has been targeting Ukraine’s critical infrastructure in a series of drone attacks early on Monday on Kyiv and the region surrounding it, officials said. Russia kept pounding Kyiv for the second night in

ALBANY, N.Y. — Howard Fischer, a 63-year old investor living north of New York City, has a wish for when he dies. He wants his remains to be placed in a vessel, broken down by tiny microbes and composted into

News agency says event was a birthday, and that most of those detained have been released

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul was sworn in for her first elected term on Sunday, making history as the first woman elected to the position in the state.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul was sworn in for her first elected term on Sunday, making history as the first woman elected to the position in the state.