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Police: Victim died in the hospital, but doctors saved babyA pregnant 17-year-old girl was fatally shot on Christmas evening in Dolton, but doctors were able to save her baby, authorities said today.     

ISLAMABAD -- An American development consultant abducted by Al Qaeda in Pakistan more than two years ago has urged President Obama to help secure his freedom in an impassioned video message released by the group.    �...

John Kerry, Secretary of State, and Snoop Lion (née Dogg), Tha Doggfather, recently met at a black tie party to honor the Kennedy Center honorees. Commence smooth fist bump.     

SYDNEY (AP) -- A ship that has been trapped in thick Antarctic ice since Christmas Eve was nearing rescue on Friday, after a Chinese icebreaker named the Snow Dragon drew close to the icebound vessel.     

CAIRO -- Just a day after Egypt's military-backed government declared the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist group, a more aggressive crackdown was already emerging Thursday, as the authorities announced dozens of arrests ac...

As violence escalates in Baghdad, a Shia armed group claims responsibility for rocket attack on Iranian dissidents.

A white Houston-area man was arrested Thursday on federal hate crimes charges for allegedly shooting video of himself sucker-punching a 79-year-old black man in a "knockout game"-style attack.

Their Christmas Day did not go as planned.

In fresh round of violence, Palestinians launch two rockets, prompting Israeli military to strike Hamas training camps.

Thai army chief urges calm in political dispute, but does not rule out possibility of a coup     

Afghan police say suicide car bomb targeting foreign forces has exploded in eastern Kabul     

Previously confidential state files from the early 1980s show that the government considered banning Sinn Féin when electoral support for the party started to grow.

Despite electoral commission calls for delay, Yingluck's government wants the February polls to take place as scheduled.

He alleges that investigation targeting government and business circles has been blocked by police and chief prosecutor.

South Korean peacekeepers request 10,000 rounds of ammunition from Japan despite East Asian rivals' increasingly fractious relationship

The first Roman Catholic priest in the United States imprisoned for covering up the crimes of offending priests was released Thursday after an appeals court reversed his conviction.

East Africa's leaders are to meet in Kenya to discuss growing violence in South Sudan, where more than 1,000 people are believed to have died.

Since the Supreme Court in June declined to decide whether there was a constitutional right to same-sex marriage, the pace of change has increased, and officials in Utah will soon present the question to the justices aga...

Despite Northern Ireland's Good Friday agreement for peace, daily bomb alerts remain a continuing source of tension.

A rocket attack kills three members of an Iranian opposition group in Iraq, the group and its parent organisation say.

Turkey's PM Erdogan is under attack by his former ally, secretive Muslim leader Fethullah Gulen. Gulen is beholden to the U.S. government. Did the U.S. decide it was time for Erdogan to go?

The New Year begins with an auspicious New Moon, one linked with Pluto, the archetypal god of the Underworld. Pluto in Capricorn has been uncovering financial and leadership dead-weight, and it's time we take responsibil...