Daniel DiDonato, 19, has loved elections since he was in fourth grade. He also loves maps.

Before the strikes on Thursday, President Trump said he would halt all aid and go in “guns-a-blazing” to target affiliates of a resurgent Islamic State.

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Megacities in southern India are attracting enormous investments to help build artificial intelligence infrastructure to serve the world’s most data-hungry country.

It’s become easier to imagine the moment when Trump’s mystique finally evaporates.

The passage of Proposition 50, which redrew California’s congressional map, means that all of the state’s conservative north is likely to be represented by Democrats.

As many as 25,000 free-ranging dogs roam the cold, high-altitude desert of Ladakh, India. That’s a problem for wildlife and people alike.

The number of patients going to hospital emergency rooms with flulike symptoms has soared.

The region could see accumulations of up to 5 to 7 inches from late Friday into Saturday.

Fighting has caused the spread of illnesses like malaria and cholera. In a worst-case scenario, the situation could threaten regional health security, experts say.

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, known as the R.S.S., has survived bans and vilification to emerge as the force reshaping India’s secular republic into a Hindu nation.

The terror group has lost its territorial stronghold, but it still orchestrates and inspires violence through affiliates across Africa and beyond.

Alain Rodriguez Colina, who was injured when a cargo plane crashed into his Kentucky workplace more than a month ago, died on Christmas Day.

The attack comes after President Trump ordered the Defense Department last month to prepare to intervene militarily in Nigeria to protect Christians from Islamic militants.

Government officials have traditionally steered clear of such overtly religious language, as the Constitution prohibits the establishment of an official state religion.

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