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Assad Sends Private Message to Pope

China's top legislature moves to officially amend its controversial one-child policy and end re-education through labor camps.

Anti-corruption champion Arvind Kejriwal promises to abolish culture of privilege surrounding the city's politicians.

VIENNA -- Iran is taking steps to improve its ability to speed up uranium enrichment, which could delay implementation of a nuclear deal with six world powers because Tehran's moves...

Pakistani police say gunmen attacked an anti-polio vaccination center in the country's northwest and killed a medic on duty, then fled the scene.     

The number of reported sexual assaults across the military shot up by more than 50 percent this year. Defense officials suggested that victims are becoming more willing to come forward...

Gunmen killed an anti-government activist and wounded two others in Bangkok on Saturday while protesters elsewhere blocked candidates from registering in upcoming elections.     

At least 26 people were killed and eight injured after a compartment of a passenger train caught fire early Saturday in southeast India, officials said.

Hundreds of aggressive teenagers stormed a New York mall, trashing stores, assaulting security guards and terrifying customers and personnel. Some teens allegedly took part in a game of "knockout." The mall briefly shut ...

Hooters of America, the restaurant chain known for its skimpily clad waitresses, is suing a Florida escort service it says tarnished Hooters’ trademarks as it sought to hire away its...

Artists are often eager to push the boundary between perceptions of the beautiful and the grotesque. From Francis Bacon to Jenny Saville, art history is full of figures whose work floats along some strange compendium beg...

Roberto Datorre, longtime president/CEO of the Miami Beach Community Development Corporation, resigned earlier this month amid a city review that found “fiscal and operational discrepancies” — including $300,000 in...

Kerry to return next week to Middle East to prod Israel and Palestinians to forge peace deal     

Dekker has 16 points, 11 rebounds as No. 4 Wisconsin routs Prairie View A&M 80-43     

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) -- Romanian director and writer Dinu Cocea, who made popular historical adventure movies before being forced into exile by the Communists, has died, his daughter tells a Romanian news agency. He w...

A new analysis of rockets linked to the chemical attack on Damascus in August concluded that they were most likely fired by multiple launchers and had a range of about three kilometers.     

Romanian director Cocea forced into exile by the Communists dead at 84, daughter says     

Fire engulfs express train in southern India; at least 23 dead     

Natasha Howard ties a career high with 26 points as No. 22 Florida State beats UT-Martin 76-53     

Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio will be sworn in as New York City's 109th mayor after an inauguration ceremony on the steps of City Hall on New Year's Day.     

Over at Media Matters, Michelle Leung and Ellie Sandmeyer have rounded up ten examples from Fox News in 2013 in which different commentators have alleged the "wussification" of America. Some of the alleged examples are h...

Republicans appear to hold a slight edge in the battle next year to control the Senate. But the wild swings in the political fortunes for both parties in the closing months of 2013 made clear the situation could drastica...