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Bus plunges into ravine, killing at least 19 people and injuring 18 more in remote Andes region.

WAZIRISTAN, Pakistan (AP) -- The Afghan Taliban are financially supporting Pakistani militants at war with Islamabad and providing sanctuary for them in neighboring Afghanistan, the Pakistani Taliban's spokesman said, hi...

TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) -- Libya said Sunday it has asked the United States for "clarifications" regarding the abduction in Tripoli of an al-Qaida leader linked to the 1998 U.S. Embassy bombings in East Africa, adding that L...

BALI, Indonesia (AP) -- Kerry: Assad regime deserves credit for compliance with chemical weapons deal.     

With the capture of Abu Anas al-Libi, only a few Qaeda operatives indicted in the 1998 bombings of two American embassies in East Africa are believed to be still at large.     

Two off-duty NYPD police officers were at the scene when bikers allegedly assaulted an SUV driver in New York City and did not intervene, authorities said.     

At least 22 killed in apparent coordinated attacks in mainly commercial areas of Baghdad, officials say.

BALI, Indonesia (AP) -- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Monday that the United States and Russia are "very pleased" with the progress made so far in destroying Syria's chemical weapons stocks. And, he offered som...

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) -- Pressure is mounting on Taiwan to open political talks with Beijing, after Chinese President Xi Jinping told a former senior Taiwanese official that the longstanding division should not be indefini...

Despite media speculation to the contrary, Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani confirmed he will step down on Nov. 29, creating an opening for a new army chief.     

Eight have died and 79 are injured after an apparently out-of-control monster tuck slammed into a crowd of spectators just outside of Chihuahua, Mexico on Saturday     

The Taliban didn't target Malala Yousafzai because of her advocacy of education for girls but because she "attacked Islam," and the group would try to kill her again if they could, the official spokesman for Pakistan Tal...

After years of bilateral acrimony, the summer brought hopes that Washington and Caracas would again exchange ambassadors. But then came new diplomatic bloodletting.

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Beloved photo app Instagram turned 3 years old on Monday. In tech startup years, that's the equivalent of becoming a teenager. Like most teens, it seems it's time for Instagram to start pulling some of its own weight and...

Cristina Fernandez to be operated upon to remove blood clot in her brain, as questions over power transfer loom.

There were signs of stepped up efforts on Monday to find an exit strategy from the current US fiscal crisis.

When Charlie Rose pounded Netanyahu for his defense of the indefensible settlements, he was speaking for the vast majority of American Jews who do not think the settlements are "helpful to Israel's security." Change is i...

Many expect that Peter Higgs, 84, whose name is attached to a landmark discovery, will be awarded a Nobel Prize in Physics, but there are other strong candidates.     

Federal officials on Monday remained silent on why they raided homes in Texas and Michigan this weekend that property records indicate are owned in part by a Houston art appraiser.

Militant backlash against western interest feared after US snatched al-Qaida militant in Libya     

Arkansas reporter, stranded for days in Texas state park, in stable condition after rescue