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"Disappointing" standards in maths among 14 to 16-year-olds in Wales must be tackled, says an education watchdog.

Tens of thousands of people in eastern China have been forced out of their homes by Typhoon Fitow.

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

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...

In an interview, Qadri Jamil, a deputy prime minister, was critical of his government's handling of the war, while President Bashar al-Assad told a German magazine that he had made mistakes.     

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

The Pakistani Taliban says it is committed to killing Malala Yousafzai, the schoolgirl who was shot by one of its fighters.

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.     

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...

The man's claim comes as police launch a new witness protection service which hopes to encourage more witnesses to come forward.

Imagine using the tiny light on a smartphone to draw shapes in the air that are captured in three dimensions by a computer program and can be rotated and viewed from any angle.     

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.

Scores of people killed in clashes

'Will you visit me in prison?' Aurora suspect asks

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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...

Dual-code star Sonny Bill Williams will not feature in New Zealand's defence of their Rugby League World Cup title.

Divers recover at least 38 bodies as they go inside the hull of a boat carrying African migrants that sank off an Italian island.