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US would use force to defend allies, says president, condemning 'pariah state that starves its people' during South Korea trip Barack Obama has warned North Korea that the United States "will not hesitate to use our mili...

State media says Matthew Miller entered the country on a tourist visa but tore it up, shouting that he wanted asylum.

Afghanistan will announce the preliminary results of its landmark presidential election Saturday, with the final numbers to be confirmed next month.

The only letter known to have been written onboard the Titanic on the day it sank could fetch £100,000 when it comes up at auction later.

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel cannot get his Russian counterpart to take his calls, the Pentagon said Friday -- amid a new report that the Kremlin has suspended high-level talks with U.S. officials.

The FBI says it will not "stop seeking justice" for victims of William Vahey, who killed himself as his crimes began to emerge.

In part two of a long-ranging interview, al Qaeda's leader urged Muslims to capture Westerners as pawns that might be used to free prisoners aligned with his movement.

In speaking for humanity the tiny nation Rebublic of Marshall Islands sues the U.S. and Nuclear States in the International Court of Justice and U.S. District Court.

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger gives the clearest indication yet that he will remain at the club beyond this summer.

Thai police arrest senior protest leader for insurrection, court turns him loose on bail

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A 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Tonga on Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

When President Barack Obama becomes the first American leader to visit Malaysia in decades, he'll arrive in a country grappling with the mystery of a jetliner that vanished five weeks ago.

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US president says the government in Pyongyang would "rather starve its people than feed their hopes and dreams".

Kyung Lah reviews the similarities between the sunken South Korean ferry Sewol and another ship made by the same builder.

Digging starts at New Mexico landfill in search of decades-old Atari 'E.T.' game cartridges

Excerpted from PLACE, NOT RACE: A NEW VISION OF OPPORTUNITY IN AMERICA by Sheryll Cashin by arrangement with Beacon Press, Copyright © Sheryll Cashin 2014 This book is about fairness. The US economy has become a pyramid...

Research shows that reading rich narratives and metaphors activates areas of our brain outside of language, and frequent fiction reading is correlated with empathy.

A search of the area where the missing Malaysia Airlines flight likely went down is nearly complete, but no wreckage has been found.

The United States built Twitter-like programs in Afghanistan and Pakistan, but like a similar program in Cuba, they were shut down for lack of money, officials said.

A British pensioner jailed for "posing as a Muslim" in Pakistan has been speaking for the first time since he returned to the UK.