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The country is spiraling into chaos after months of sectarian violence and spillover from Syria's own internal conflict

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- The U.S. and South Korea agreed Wednesday to work together to strengthen the South's ability to deter threats from North Korea, and have endorsed a new military strategy to better coordinate th...

Legendary graffiti artist Banksy has announced a new exhibition of sorts called "Better Out Than In" which is described on its website as "an artists residencey on the streets of New York."     

In his memoir, a North Korean agent captured on a mission detailed his journey from being a spy to becoming a national security analyst based in the South.     

The former leader says his party will support Prime Minister Letta

An Egyptian-American activist arrested in August claims in a smuggled letter that Egyptian police beat him

Thailand's royalist media firebrand found guilty for repeating anti-monarchy insult     

House Democrats, frustrated by the lack of action by House leadership and fearing all hope of a bi-partisan comprehensive immigration reform bill is lost, are expected to introduce an immigration bill of their own today....

A year after Colo. girl kidnapped on way to school, teen faces life after pleading guilty     

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) -- Protesters and security forces are gathering in the normally quiet Vietnamese capital for the trial of a high-profile lawyer known for taking on human rights cases and writing a blog critical of th...

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A jury could begin deliberating by Wednesday to determine whether Toyota Motor Corp. should be held liable for the death of a California woman who was killed when her Camry apparently accelerated and ...

Police say Long Island workplace shooting suspect found floating in river had shot himself     

NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- A 71-year-old Louisiana prisoner who spent 41 years in solitary confinement and is now dying of cancer was released late Tuesday from prison, his attorneys said.     

President Uhuru Kenyata reminds its neighbour to rein in armed fighters, as al-Shabab repeats warning of more attacks.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- California Gov. Jerry Brown on Tuesday signed a bill outlawing so-called revenge porn and levying possible jail time for people who post naked photos of their exes after bitter breakups.    ...

In May, judge ruled that the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office engaged in racial profiling.

Aware Awake Alive is expanding to all 23 Cal. St. University campuses

A team of about 20 U.N. inspectors crossed over into Syria on Tuesday, marking the start of a mission to destroy the country's chemical weapons stockpile.     

WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. commanders at a base in Afghanistan where two Marines were killed in a surprise insurgent attack last year had no explicit warning but intelligence officers there had "consistent indicators" of Ta...

In his second revealing interview in two weeks, Pope Francis called the Roman Catholic Church overly clerical and insular, interested in temporal power and often led by "narcissists."     

Stocks fall; Wall Street fears damage to economy if government shutdown continues     

Empire State Building, NYC's iconic skyscraper, raises $754M in IPO, posts modest gain