TEHERAN - After firing missiles targeting the Islamic State group in eastern Syria, Iran's Revolutionary Guard on Monday issued a stark warning to extremists, saying that any future attack against Iran will result in more powerful launches.
SEOUL - South Korea, one of the world's largest nuclear electricity producers, will scrap plans to add nuclear power plants, its president said Monday, signaling a shift in decades of reliance on nuclear energy.
MELBOURNE - Driverless fast trains could be the answer to resolving congestion in Melbourne as the city's population soars, a report released on Monday has found.
TOKYO - A probe into the crash between a US navy destroyer and a Philippine-flagged cargo ship was underway on Monday, as the names of seven US sailors who died were made public.
LISBON, Portugal - More than 2,000 firefighters were still battling the country's deadliest forest blaze on Monday after it killed at least 62 people over the weekend.
PARIS - A clear parliamentary majority won by the Republic on the Move! party in France on Sunday is expected to clear the way ahead for the 39-year-old French President Emmanuel Macron.
GENEVA - Devastating conflicts, violence and persecution in places like Syria and South Sudan had left a record 65.6 million people uprooted from their homes by the end of 2016, the UN said on Monday.
HAVANA - US President Donald Trump's decision to roll back parts of former president Barack Obama's historic opening of Cuba could push the countries back to hostility, an expert in international affairs said.
NICOSIA, Cyprus - Volunteers and police in Cyprus are struggling to tackle illegal songbird trapping operations that kill millions of birds a year and net huge profits for poaching gangs.
SYDNEY - Australia's first recycled supermarket is giving food destined for landfills a second chance, as the government embarks on a major push to cut down on waste costing the economy A$20 billion ($15 billion) a year.
HONOLULU, Hawaii - No modern navigation instrumentation guided a Polynesian voyaging canoe as it followed the horizon during a three-year journey around the globe.
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