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A Japanese official defended dolphin fishing as a tradition after Ambassador Caroline Kennedy took issue with the "drive hunt," in which dolphins are herded into an area from where they cannot escape.     

Patrick Krill: We joke about lawyers, but it's no laughing matter they kill themselves at a very high frequency and have one of the highest depression rates of any profession.

The world's most visited city is again wracked by protests

The first ever pub at a motorway service area opens today, despite alcohol campaigners describing the move as "risky".

Air force bombards tribal areas after a series of attacks left dozens of Pakistan soldiers dead and injured.

Florida is under a court order to begin serving kosher food to eligible inmates, alarming officials who report a surge in prisoners, many of them gentiles, interested in going kosher.     

In just over a week, another season of American Horror Story will come to a close. And with its end, we will also bid farewell to its glorious collection of hats.      

APNewsBreak: Defense minister: France to create new Africa outposts to better fight terrorism     

Iran will not be at the table during the United Nations-moderated discussions regarding the Syrian crisis Wednesday, the BBC reported. After the U.S. and Syria's opposition group, the National Coalition, expressed anger ...

Two Tulane University students hit it off so well as freshman friends, they joked about being long-lost sisters. Then they discovered they really are. Mikayla Stern-Ellis, 19, and Emily Nappi,...

The family of two Northampton women who were found dead in the US along with two children and a man say they are "devastated".

An opposition leader blames Ukraine's president for causing peaceful protests to turn violent in the capital.

How's this for a happy MLK Day? The online magazine Buro 247 has published a story about Dasha Zhukova, the Russian editor-in-chief of Garage magazine, which shows the editrix perched atop a chair designed to look like a...

Venezuelan president painting TV soap operas as villain in country's spiraling crime     

U.S. counter-terrorism operatives are helping Russian security agents in the hunt for a "white widow" - the wife of a dead terrorist - who could already be inside the massive security zone set up for next month's winter ...

The Philippines has been facing another tropical storm only two months after the deadliest typhoon ever to hit the country.

CNN's Andrew Stevens speaks to Greenpeace's Huang Wei about China's ambitious anti-pollution goals.

Chinese sculpture returned to Harvard museum 35 years after it disappeared     

François Hollande once vowed to be on his most exemplary behavior as president of France. But an affair has exposed a more politically calculating side and threatens to undercut his economic agenda.     

General Electric's aircraft leasing and financing arm confirms it has placed an order for 40 Boeing planes worth $4bn (£2.3bn) at list prices.

Seahawks star says he's not a villain

Prada model spends time building mobile apps, shaking off two stereotypes.