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Opportunities to prosecute Jimmy Savile and a former mayor of Scarborough for child sex abuse were missed due to police "organisational failure".

An Uber driver has been accused of kidnapping and raping a female passenger in Boston, authorities said. Alejandro Done, 46, pleaded not guilty Wednesday to the attack, which allegedly took...

The resolution also welcomes the idea of holding an international conference to launch negotiations on reaching a peace agreement

If you know anyone who's been to Cuba in the last decade or two, you've likely seen the photos from their visit: some lovingly restored colonial manors, sometimes right alongside a crumbling facade; the bookshelves lined...

President Barack Obama's move to relax travel, trade and economic restrictions with Cuba set off a firestorm from opponents on Capitol Hill, who immediately vowed to block the new policy.

These clay stamps don't look like much, but they might help historians understand a lingering question surrounding ancient Israel. IronAge IIA seals found E of Gaza add 2 support a 10th c BC Kingdom of #Israel , #archaeo...

When the U.S. launched an airstrike campaign in Syria to "degrade and destroy" the so-called Islamic State, some were concerned that the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad would indirectly benefit from the destructi...

Fallout prompted studio to pull The Interview

The world's oldest water, which is locked deep within the Earth's crust, is present at a far greater volume than was thought, scientists report.

North Yorkshire Police admit they did not take allegations of abuse by the DJ and Scarborough's former mayor seriously enough.

Mark Urban explores the question of what the UK knew about rendition and interrogation techniques, in the wake of the US Senate report that criticised the CIA.

A Cuban who provided intelligence on agents in the US government is exchanged for three jailed members of Cuba's Wasp Network.

DETROIT -- A jury on Thursday convicted a Detroit-area man of murder in a plot to kill his wife so he could devote himself to a life of bondage and...

Is turkey slurping dangerous? Viral video shows a nearly impossible feat.

The urban planning equivalent of a Rorschach test, a "Smart City" can be taken to mean almost anything.

The chants of protest heard across America in recent weeks echoed Wednesday in the small city where the civil rights movement reached a crescendo five decades ago.

After Sony pulled The Interview amid threads

With flags at half-staff and businesses shuttered, Pakistanis seemed to be trapped between grief, anger and frustration, for once overcoming their divisions to unite in pain.

Richard Quest talks to World Bank Pres. Jim Yong Kim about the collapse of the Russian ruble and the risk of a recession.

The director of Premier Oil says no new North Sea projects are profitable with oil below $60 a barrel and the industry is "close to collapse".

Fears of a sharp increase of cases mean even those who have not died from the disease are being buried in Ebola graveyards.

1. Obama announces historic diplomatic thaw with CubaThe U.S. and Cuba announced Wednesday that they would reestablish diplomatic relations after a half-century rift that began in the Cold War. "Isolation has not worked,...