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Some Democrats are trying to capitalize on the problems encircling Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey in hopes of thwarting a top Republican prospect for reclaiming the White House.     

Yesterday, Ken Ham, nutty founder of Answers in Genesis and the Creation Museum in Kentucky debated Bill Nye, the Science Guy on the evidence for Young Earth Creationism versus that for Evolutionary Science.

Rescue workers at the Doornkop gold mine in South Africa say they have recovered eight bodies after a fire, with one miner still unaccounted for.

FORT WORTH, Texas -- A judge on Wednesday ordered a Texas teenager who was sentenced to 10 years’ probation in a drunken-driving crash that killed four people to go to...

The build-up to the 2014 Winter Olympics has been blighted by concerns for safety but tennis star and Games Ambassador Maria Sharapova is convinced there is nothing to worry about.

Egypt's military chief Field Marshal Abdul Fattah al-Sisi has said he will run for president, a Kuwaiti newspaper reports.

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- In a rare expression of regret by an Iranian official, President Hassan Rouhani said Thursday that he is sorry for any troubles with the distribution of a food ration to the poor, following reports t...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- North Korea threatened Thursday to cancel reunions of Korean War-divided families because of upcoming U.S.-South Korean military drills and accused the United States of raising tensions by flyi...

BAGHDAD (AP) -- A string of car bomb attacks hit commercial areas in Baghdad on Thursday, killing at least 13 people, said Iraqi officials.     

The Taliban claim to have captured a dog belonging to the US military during fighting in eastern Afghanistan last year.

Bahrain's king has ratified a new law that imposes a prison sentence of up to seven years and fine of up to $26,500 for anyone who publicly insults him, state-run media said.

The crew of a Spanish cargo ship have been airlifted to safety after it slammed into a jetty and split in two.

London Underground bosses are frustrated that talks aimed at resolving the dispute will not start until Friday.

US ambassador trades jibes with Russian ambassador over her meeting with Pussy Riot     

Sec. of State John Kerry makes rare admission that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has gained ground, also talks Iran.

The "vicar of Baghdad" Canon Andrew White persists in alerting the West to Iraq's diminishing Christian presence.

Channel 4 News reporer Guillermo Galdos tracks down Mexico's "La Tuta," a former school teacher who now runs a cartel.

A woman convicted of torturing and killing a mentally impaired man she lured to Texas with the promise of marriage was put to death Wednesday evening in a rare execution of a female prisoner.

CVS Caremark, one of the largest pharmacy chains in the US, will stop selling cigarettes and other tobacco products, its chief executive has said.

Rebels and jihadi fighters seize a major prison in war-torn Aleppo and free hundreds of prisoners, human rights groups and activists say.

The Sochi Olympics have officially begun.     

RABAT, Morocco (AP) -- Moroccan authorities say emergency services have recovered the bodies of seven people who drowned after attempting to swim to the nearby Spanish enclave of Ceuta.