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Convicted 52-year-old found hanging in his cell; review of incident underway

The dogged warhawk won't support the Senate's measure in its current form, noting that the limited actions don't go far enough in response to Assad's chemical weapons attack

Judge orders the disgraced cyclist to reveal who knew he was taking performance enhancing drugs in a $3m (£1.9m) civil action.

China: Parents Don't Want Their Kidnapped Babies Back

PARIS (AP) -- France's government offers a preview Wednesday of what the Obama administration faces next week, as lawmakers debate the wisdom and necessity of a military response to a chemical weapons attack in Syria tha...

BEIJING (AP) -- Chinese authorities said Wednesday that they suspect that the woman who gouged out a 6-year-old boy's eyes was his aunt who later killed herself, adding a surprising twist to a gruesome case with conflict...

Today in show business news: Beloved Benedict Cumberbatch is going on a mission into the Amazon, Michelle Williams takes on Broadway, and Dancing with the Stars has a new class of dancers.     

South Korean lawmakers "voted overwhelmingly" to support the arrest of one of their colleagues on Wednesday after he was accused by the country's intelligence service of trying to overthrow the government if war broke ou...

A "very angry" sergeant fired bullets into the "twitching" bodies of Iraqis after a gun battle in May 2004 during the Iraq war, an inquiry has been told.

BAGHDAD (AP) -- Iraq has awarded oil drilling deals worth a combined $348 million to two Chinese firms and Swiss-based oilfield services company Weatherford.     

Iran's painful history with chemical weapons--combined with its pivotal position in the Syrian conflict--offers potential for a diplomatic resolution

Hundreds of thousands of attempts were made to view porn in the Houses of Parliament, new figures show.

A dinner out turned into an experience of a lifetime for a North Carolina family thanks to one stranger's heartfelt gesture.

Firefighters are dealing with a major blaze at a former school in County Londonderry.

The Palestinian delegation did return to real recently renewed peace talks after Israeli forces' raided a refugee camp in north Jerusalem on August 26, killing three. This was not the only lethal Israeli attack to take p...

A discussion of the possible consequences of U.S. surgical strikes aimed at degrading Syria's capabilities for using chemical weapons.

Howard Kurtz gives his thoughts on how the media is handling the coverage of the President's response to the situation in Syria

The Korean tech firm unveils a smartwatch that allows users to speak into the device on their wrist instead of their mobile phone.

After two days of intense Internet criticism, Good Part of Town — the start-up formerly known as Ghetto Tracker before the company realized the name wasn't "serious" enough — has shut down.     

The former Kent home of Charles Dickens is to be opened to the public for the first time since his death in 1870.

The U.K. parliament would prefer you didn't think its workers spend all day looking at porn.      

Jon Stewart's return to The Daily Show desk was not just a boost over John Oliver's stint as host—though that was probably to be expected—but also gave the show one of its best numbers of the year.