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Kim Jong-un didn't just stop at killing his own uncle Jang Song-thaek, according to South Korea's Yonhap: he had Jang's entire family executed, too. All of them, including the children.     

A grand jury indicted Randall Kerrick, a white officer, on voluntary manslaughter charges for firing 10 shots into a young black man who had driven off the road and was apparently looking for help.     

Clashes that killed 12 people in China's western region of Xinjiang were caused by "terrorists", Chinese state media report, citing police.

Former Sunday Mirror journalist Dan Evans has pleaded guilty to phone hacking.

A politician and former detective dubbed "Robocop" tells how he wrestled a suspected watch thief to the ground outside an Edinburgh shop.

American intelligence agencies are concerned that they could lose their air bases used for drone strikes if a final security deal cannot be struck with the Afghan president, Hamid Karzai.     

The children of Baby Boomers are socially conscious and pro-active in a way that should give us all hope for the future.

Security officials say massive attack by extremists using explosives in north Nigeria kills 52     

Hundreds of civilians have reportedly fled to avoid being caught in fighting against splinter rebel group in south.

As the country comes under a severe weather warning, the Environment Secretary is due to visit flood-hit communities in Somerset.

Will the Taliban take over in Afghanistan?

Korean women seek reparations, apology for their use as sex slaves by Japan's WWII-era military. Paula Hancocks reports.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- South Korea on Monday proposed that the rival Koreas restart arranging reunions next month for families separated by the 1950-53 Korean War.     

Politician shot in Bangkok suburb on a day government's opponents tried to disrupt advance voting for general election.

The first thing Arsene Wenger may do upon waking these days is pinch himself to check that everything really is as it seems.

It is unclear what happened to the doves as they flew away moments after being mauled by the other two birds.

Japan's President Shinzo Abe defends dolphin fishing as a "deeply rooted" cultural practice that should be respected.

A little more than a year ago, physicist Nabil Lawandy was stranded at the Charlotte, N.C., airport, listening to endless news stories about sequestration and the threat of a government shutdown, when scientific inspirat...

Don’t expect me to police everything that is said by everybody," Fox News host Greta van Susteren writes in a recent blog post, "but I will from time to time speak up."     

India’s independence day, Cambodian protests, a mass wedding, an overnight marathon, a colorful 5k run and more. 

Authorities will conduct a forensic examination of Philip D. Chism's shattered cellphone in an effort to determine whether the teenager took images when he allegedly raped and murdered Danvers High School teacher Colleen...

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) -- Suspected Islamic extremists used explosives and heavy guns to attack a village and worshippers during a Christian church service in Nigeria's northeast, killing at least 99 people and razing h...