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A Chinese journalist jailed for eight years for leaking government restrictions on reporting is now free.

The Duke of York is reported to have been challenged by armed police in the gardens of Buckingham Palace.

BEIJING (AP) -- Chinese police have arrested 16 people accused of blackmailing companies by pretending to be Communist Party or government officials and threatening to post damaging information about them online, a state...

The RAF sends up two Typhoon jets in Cyprus as warplanes, thought to have come from Syria, enter international airspace.

Why should pot be banned in states where it is legal?

US Secretary of State John Kerry is meeting Arab leaders in Paris as part of a tour to gather support for military intervention in Syria.

Afghan officials accuse NATO of killing 15 people, nine of them civilians, in an airstrike in the Kunar province.

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) -- Cambodia's opposition says it will boycott the opening session of parliament and continue carrying out street protests now that the election victory of Prime Minister Hun Sen's ruling party h...

England's accident and emergency departments are understaffed on average by nearly 10%, according to a BBC survey.

Study: E-Cigs Are Effective for Smoking Cessation

MIAMI (AP) -- A tropical depression has formed off Africa and is moving west.     

Yves Michael Scott wound up at the Miami Gardens facility after he was previously accused of sexually assaulting a 3-year-old girl.

NORWALK, Conn. (AP) -- Thirteen children were injured when a festival attraction that swings riders into the air lost power at a community fair in Connecticut on Sunday afternoon, authorities said.     

The BBC's Jeremy Bowen reports from Damascus, where street life continues, but the threat of a potential US strike looms over Syria.

An 18-year-old high school graduate was shot and killed in Colorado by a close family friend in a "prank that went bad," according to the victim's father.

NEW YORK (AP) -- Boston Red Sox center fielder Jacoby Ellsbury has a broken right foot, leaving the AL East leaders without a key offensive catalyst as they try to wrap up the division title.     

Depeche Mode brought its brand of synthesizer pop to Barclays Center in Brooklyn.     

Italian journalist Domenico Quirico and Belgian teacher Pierre Piccinin da Prata are released after being kidnapped in Syria in April.

Aston Villa player Gabriel Agbonlahor angers the boyband's fans after injuring Louis Tomlinson during a charity match.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) -- A judge interpreting a colonial-era law has ruled that cross-dressing is a criminal offense only if it's done for an "improper purpose" such as prostitution, but the partial victory has frustra...

Being a British royal must be a rough life, especially if you get mistaken for a trespassing intruder by some overzealous guards patrolling the Buckingham Palace grounds. That's what happened to Prince Andrew this week, ...

Vine, Twitter's micro-video social network, is perhaps the best form of entertainment for Generation Distraction. With a limit of 6 seconds per video, it's easy for viewers to absorb a diverse array of content in just a ...