Beneath the aurora borealis, an oil tanker glides through the night past the Coast Guard ice breaker Amundsen and vanishes into the maze of shoals and straits of the Northwest Passage, navigating waters that for millennia were frozen over this time of year.
The world's first dengue vaccine won regulatory approval in Mexico on Wednesday, raising hopes that it could prevent more than 100 deaths there a year and eventually perhaps millions around the world.
Greek police rounded up about 2,300 migrants who had been stranded for three weeks at the border with Macedonia and transported them to Athens on Wednesday, dashing their hopes of seeking asylum in northern Europe.
Boxing legend Muhammad Ali, one of the best-known Muslims in the United States, appeared on Wednesday to join the chorus condemning the proposal by Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump to temporarily stop Muslims from entering the country.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, said on Thursday that accusations by Turkey that Moscow allegedly conducted "ethnic cleansing" in Syria are "groundless".
Afghan security forces were fighting the Taliban in the southern city of Kandahar on Wednesday, a day after the insurgents raided the city's sprawling airport, killing at least 37 people and taking six people hostage, officials said.
Australian police raided on Wednesday the Sydney home and office of a man named by Wired magazine as the probable bitcoin creator and holder of hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of the virtual currency, witnesses said.
Attention owners of three jumbo jets parked at Malaysia's largest airport: Please remove your aircraft immediately, or authorities will.
Australia's cosmetic surgery industry is facing increasing scrutiny by a state government, which is considering potential strict new rules following a series of horror cases from botched surgeries.
The East Asia Pacific region is aging at a faster rate than any other place in history, the World Bank warned on Wednesday, a demographic shift likely to cramp public services and economic growth.
The US ambassador to Thailand is under investigation for royal defamation over comments he made criticizing lengthy jail sentences from the kingdom's lese majeste law, police said on Wednesday.
Iraq's ambassador to the United Nations played down on Tuesday a dispute between Baghdad and Ankara over the deployment of Turkish troops in northern Iraq, saying talks between the neighboring states to end the row were proceeding favorably.
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