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A new study suggests the Palestinian leader was poisoned, but its results are far from conclusive

President Daniel Ortega's ruling Sandinista National Liberation Front wants to remove presidential term limits.

Provisional ballots may make the difference between outright victory for mayoral hopeful Philip Levine or a state-mandated recount and possible runoff.

Another quest to map America's regional English

The social media juggernaut bounded out of the gate after its stock launch, commanding $45.10 per share, an increase of more than 70% from its initial price of $26

Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has been released from house arrest, one of his aides, Shailah Yazdani, said Thursday.

CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (AP) -- Anna Schnatzmeyer's face is taut with concentration as she slowly maneuvers the Riverine assault boat away from the dock, using the complex controls to try and inch the 34-foot craft straight b...

Almost two years after an earthquake and tsunami brought disaster to a nuclear plant in eastern Japan, operators Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) announced plans Wednesday to begin the painstaking and dangerous process o...

Researchers capture the first footage of the glacial flow of rocky obsidian lava, still flowing months after an eruption.

The US Vice President wanted to wish well the newly elected Boston mayor, but the man he reached was a different Marty Walsh.

An inmate who befriended Dr. Martin MacNeill testified today that while in federal prison, the Utah doctor confessed to doping up his wife and then holding her head under water to "help her out."     

Jermain Defoe breaks Tottenham's European goal scoring record as they win to reach the Europa League knockout stages

Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who had tempered his often divisive public comments after protests a few months ago, stirs anger by attacking a new target: coed dormitories.     

The Scotsman and Scotland on Sunday newspapers are to be slimmed down, with more journalist jobs being cut, BBC Scotland understands.

Two suicide bombings leave at least 16 people dead at a military base north of the Iraqi capital Baghdad.

The world's strongest typhoon of the year has slammed into the Philippines.

Pakistan's Taliban rejects peace talks and names a new leader: the man who plotted to kill Malala. Jonathan Mann reports.

The pair are released on bail after they were arrested on suspicion of assaulting a 15-year-old girl in a field.

More than 7,000 people have applied for 100 jobs in the Police Service of Northern Ireland.

Labour MP Shaun Woodward, who became a cabinet minister after defecting from the Conservatives, is to stand down at the next general election.

Crippling sanctions imposed by the west have taken Iran's economy from gradual recession to all-out freefall, and the people are feeling it in the form of skyrocketing food prices that have all but taken meat off their t...

The ex-home secretary and former lover Kimberly Quinn were referred to by code names Noddy and Big Ears, the hacking trial hears.