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(Reuters) - Early counting of results in India's general election put opposition leader Narendra Modi on course for a resounding victory that would hand him a clear mandate for his agenda to revive growth and create jobs...

Banned Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling is refusing to pay the $2.5 million fine levied by the NBA over his recent racist comments, Sports Illustrated reported.

India began counting votes Friday after its mammoth general election that is widely expected to unseat Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's two-term government over a rash of high-profile corruption scandals, stubborn inflati...

A Russian Proton-M rocket carrying an advanced communication satellite has disintegrated in the atmosphere, Russian state news agency ITAR-Tass reported, citing a space agency official.

Meriam Ibrahim is married, eight months pregnant, the mother of an 18-month-old, and on Thursday was sentenced to die in Sudan. Her lawyer, Al-Shareef Ali al-Shareef Mohammed, told The Associated Press that Ibrahim, 26, ...

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This is the moment a Syrian army base is blown into the air by rebels using their latest tactic -- tunnel bombs. The Islamist fighters said they mined a half-mile...

Wildfires spread rapidly in California forcing thousands to evacuate. CNN's Gary Tuchman reports.

PM Shinzo Abe has put forth a new plan that would allow Japan to build up their military. CNN's Will Ripley reports.

Days before nuclear talks between Tehran and six global powers were about to resume, a confidential U.N. report says Iran is pursuing ballistic missiles in violation of U.N. sanctions against the country.

An oil rig in the South China Sea has inflamed tensions between the two countries, with both claiming water is theirs.

Fionnuala Sweeney talks to the Asan Institute's Bong Youngshik about Japanese PM Abe's plan to boost Japan's military.

As if Brazil did not have enough problems with unfinished stadiums and shantytown riots, a new problem has hit one of the 2014 World Cup host cities: Swine flu has claimed two lives in the Amazon city of Manaus in the la...

When I was a kid, I wasn't allowed to eat cookies for breakfast. So instead, I became a granola junkie, eating bowls of the stuff topped with honey and yogurt. As it turns out, I might have been better off eating cookies...

She faces a death sentence in Sudan after a court ruled she converted from Islam. Being pregnant may delay her execution but can she win an appeal?

A short film featuring an animated action hero engaging in group sex and punching apathetic youth into voting booths has been pulled. The Danish parliament seems to have an interesting...

The U.S. military may actually have a plan to stop a zombie apocalypse. Yes, you read that correctly.

Bummer, brah

Two federal agencies are investigating an incident in which two passenger jets nearly collided over Hawaii. If the incident hadn't been narrowly avoided, it could have been one of the worst mid-air disasters ever. ABC Ne...

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- Authorities are examining whether a trio of robbers arrested in Orlando are responsible for other robberies in Orlando and Collier County. The three men were arrested late Monday night as they were ...

A cadre of attorneys and a flurry of lawsuits could certainly slow down the NBA’s plan to force Donald Sterling to sell the Los Angeles Clippers over his recent racist...

Not since China and Vietnam fought a war in 1979 have relations between the historic rivals been so tense.