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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.

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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.

Goodluck Jonathan prepares to head to the heartlands of Boko Haram where more than 200 schoolgirls were seized by militants.

People with a high Body Mass Index of up to 40 can make equally good stem-cell donors as those with a healthy weight, according to new research.

DHAKA, Bangladesh -- A ferry carrying more than 100 passengers capsized and sank Thursday in a river in central Bangladesh after being hit by a storm, and eight bodies have...

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...

A retired couple facing extradition to the US swallowed sleeping pills and paracetamol to try to delay the process, a court hears.

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.

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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...