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The government should consider banning young Muslim women from wearing the veil in public places, Home Office minister Jeremy Browne says.

Italian officials have given the go-ahead to an attempt to right the Costa Concordia, the cruise ship that capsized 20 months ago.     

A 32-year-old British climber, described as "lacking experience", dies after falling from a mountain in New Zealand.

Twitter rage after Indian American from New York wins

TOKYO (AP) -- Japan is once again without atomic energy as its only operating nuclear reactor went offline Sunday for refueling and maintenance, and other plants remain closed for intensified safety checks following the ...

Ban Ki-moon to present report to UN Security Council on Monday after it was submitted to him by UN team.

The remnants of Tropical Storm Manuel continued to deluge Mexico's southwestern Pacific shoulder with dangerous rains while Hurricane Ingrid headed for a Monday landfall on the country's opposite coast in an unusual doub...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- South Korean businessman Sung Hyun-sang's relief at the resumption of operations at a jointly run factory park in North Korea is tempered by big worries: Can he make up for the millions of doll...

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The world is expected to learn Monday what really happened the day 1,400 people were allegedly gassed to death outside the Syrian capital of Damascus.

By Erik de Castro ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines

China's first luxury cruise ship has been impounded in South Korea since Friday. Most passengers have been flown back to China.

BANGKOK (AP) -- Thai officials say Chin Peng, who led a bloody insurgency against British rule in Malaysia and had lived in exile for five decades since then, has died in a Bangkok hospital. He was reportedly 88 or 90 ye...

A 32-year-old British climber has fallen 2,000ft to his death on a mountain in a New Zealand national park, police say.

A number of people have been arrested as part of a major investigation into the sexual exploitation of children and young people in Northern Ireland.

GIGLIO ISLAND, Italy (AP) -- A fierce thunderstorm has delayed the start of a daring bid to raise upright the Costa Concordia cruise ship which capsized off the coast of Italy in 2012.     

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Afghanistan's presidential race kicked off Monday as election authorities began accepting the nominations of would-be candidates, the start of a wide-open race whose winner will oversee the fin...

Diver Brian Tovin swam deep into South Carolina's Cooper River in search of fossils and relics. In 40 feet of murky water, fighting the current, something shiny caught his eye.

Scientific estimates predict that the radioactive plume travelling east across the Pacific will likely hit the shores of Oregon, Washington State and Canada early next year. California will probably be impacted later tha...

BOSTON (AP) -- A quartet of cellos played what was certainly the classiest version of "Enter Sandman" that ever graced a baseball diamond, and the Boston Red Sox honored New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera on Sunday n...

While current NSA chief Keith Alexander may be the individual most closely associated with the controversial data collection programs made public by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, it's his predecessor, retired gener...