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The family of Bob Levinson, who disappeared from Iran seven years ago, has long known he worked for the CIA -- a fact they once feared disclosing, but now believe could be key to bringing him home.

The Defra minister and Environment Agency chief face questions from MPs after thousands were affected by recent flooding.

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) -- A Pakistani police officer says a bomb rigged to a bicycle has hit a police patrol on its way to guard a polio vaccination team, killing six policemen and a boy.     

Edward Snowden Denies Being a Russian Spy

CNN's Andrew Stevens speaks to Chris Turney about how they kept their spirits up during their time stuck in Antarctica.

Human rights campaigners say Xu Zhiyong is "a prisoner of conscience and should be released immediately and unconditionally".

Ukraine's PM threatens to clamp down on demonstrators if "provocateurs" do not stop violence, as tough new anti-protest laws come into force.

Ahmad Sharafeddin shot while travelling to reconciliation conference where president received one-year term extension.

"I wanted to have a little fun and raise money for a good cause, so I went to Gold's Gym in Venice in disguise," Arnold Schwarzenegger said in a YouTube post. A hilarious video shows the action star and former bodybuilde...

BEIJING (AP) -- Relatives of China's president and other business and political leaders are linked to companies in offshore tax havens that "helped shroud the communist elite's wealth," a U.S.-based journalism group said...

Scientists and tourists rescued from ship trapped in Antarctic ice finally arrive in Australia     

Repair work begins on Brazil's famous Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro after it was damaged by lightning strikes.

A leader of Thailand's pro-government "red shirt" movement was shot and wounded in a drive-by shooting on Wednesday in the northeastern town of Udon Thani, in what police said appeared to be a politically motivated attac...

A magazine has caused outrage after publishing a photo of a white editor perched on a 'black woman' -- using her as a chair -- on Martin Luther King Jr....

Wait a minute, it's a what? A whale plane?!

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A swirling storm clobbered parts of the mid-Atlantic and the urban Northeast on Tuesday, dumping nearly a foot and a half of snow, grounding thousands of flights, closing government offices in the na...

BBC reporter Martin Patience is approached by men who move him on and disrupt his broadcast as he reports on the trial of a Chinese activist.

Ukraine's Prime Minister has suggested that the security services could use even more extreme force to end anti-government protests, under new laws that came into force on Wednesday.

Violins, basses, banjos -- all made from ice. And they sound ethereal, says their creator.

The US military eases its strict uniform regulations to allow beards, turbans, skullcaps and tattoos worn for religious reasons.

Becky Anderson speaks to Ukrainian opposition leader Vitali Klitschko about their ongoing protests in Kiev.

Tottenham Hotspur warns its fans to be "mindful" of language after three men are charged over allegedly chanting "yid".