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The captain of the sunken South Korean ferry is defending his actions as rescuers continue the search for survivors.

Rival parishes on the Greek island of Chios have marked the evening before Orthodox Easter - by firing hundreds of rockets at each other's churches.

A Pennsylvania high school student is in hot water for asking Miss America to prom during a question and answer session at school.

Medical marijuana users in Illinois who own handguns will be able to keep their firearms, according to a new change in state policy proposed Friday. But it still doesn't mean that smoking and shooting will be legal under...

A robotic submarine looking for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane continued to dive Sunday after completing about half of its search on the bottom of the Indian Ocean with no luck, prompting an official to express the ...

Russian state TV has reported that five people were killed at a checkpoint manned by pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine.

Four French journalists released after 10 months in captivity in Syria arrive back in France, AFP reports.

One more Nigerian school girl who was among 129 kidnapped earlier this week by suspected Boko Haram militants returned home, an education official said -- though 84 of her fellow female students remain unaccounted for.

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Confirmed death toll now at 46, as investigators unravel events on the bridge before the ship sank Divers have recovered 13 bodies from inside the ferry that sank off South Korea, pushing the confirmed death toll to 46, ...

Residents of a poor community near Rio de Janeiro torch vehicles in protest at the deaths of two young men in incidents involving the police.

General Motors waited years to recall nearly 335,000 Saturn Ions for power steering failures despite getting thousands of consumer complaints and more than 30,000 warranty repair claims, according to government documents...

The company had a change of heart after consumers had a negative reaction to its new arbitration rules.

Catholic and Orthodox Ukrainians alike are praying this Easter for a Ukraine at peace. And peace, in their minds, starts with Ukrainian sovereignty.

Body found by highway is confirmed to be 5-year-old Massachusetts boy last seen in September

At least 25 people killed in wave of explosions across Iraq, including strikes on busy commercial districts in Baghdad.

Gunmen opened fire Saturday on a prominent Pakistani TV news anchor, an attack his brother linked to the nation's government despite its firm denial.

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Islamic extremists claimed responsibility for an explosion that ripped through a busy bus station in Abuja, killing at least 75 people and wounding 141.

Like many participants in the Boston Marathon on Monday, Leanne Scorzoni will be running to honor the victims of last year’s bombing. But Scorzoni will also be running in a hijab: she converted to Islam after the attac...

Iran condemns a decision by the US to seize a Manhattan high-rise belonging to a charitable foundation and sell proceeds to victims of attacks by Iran-backed militants.