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South Korea's president vowed to disband the country's coast guard in her first televised address since last month's ferry disaster that killed more than 300 people. 

Police in Maple Grove, Minn. executed a search warrant Sunday at the family home of a 13-year-old girl who disappeared in 1989. 

Two Chinese ships arrived at the coast of Vietnam on Monday to begin efforts to collect thousands of Chinese citizens who are fleeing the country after deadly attacks last week.

Floods have left about one in four Bosnians without clean water, the foreign minister says, as Serbia prepares for a new surge along the River Sava.

Hundreds of thousands of Native Americans due shares of a $3.4 billion government settlement are growing frustrated over distribution delays.

A conference is to hear how children as young as 12 are being recruited by drug dealers and violent gangs in Scotland.

It's a hot, sunny Sunday morning, and birds are chirping in the trees over the heads of children playing on swings and in a pile of sand in a small park in front of City Hall. Or what used to be City Hall, anyway.

The Libyan government insists that it is in control of the country despite a series of heavy attacks and clashes over the weekend.

TRIPOLI, Libya -- Libya’s interim government has condemned an attack on parliament by militias and a claim by a group led by a renegade general that the legislative body has been suspended. Libyan Justice Minister Sala...

The NBA says Sterling's racist rants have harmed owners, players, personnel, merchandising partners, fans, community leaders and just about anyone tangentially related to basketball

What's life like inside Kabul's only prison for women?

A Sudanese immigrant living in New Hampshire has returned to Sudan to try to save his wife, who is eight months pregnant and facing the death penalty there for marrying a Christian.

FBI: More than half million computers in over 100 countries infected by BlackShades malware

The defence in the genocide and crimes against humanity trial of former Bosnian Serb army chief Ratko Mladic is due to begin on Monday.

A bus packed with children burst into flames in Colombia on Sunday, killing at least 32 people, officials said.

Britain's longest serving post mistress Esther Brauer decides to retire because of computer problems after 61 years in the job.

From Brian Fung: AT&T has announced it's buying DirecTV in a $49 billion deal — an enormous acquisition that could turn one of the nation's top telecom companies into a formidable player in the pay-TV market. And the a...

US pharmaceutical multinational walks away after controversial £69bn bid rejected, wiping £7bn off British firm's share value One of the most bitterly contested takeover battles for a British firm in years has ended in...

An agreement has allowed 120 students to leave a besieged refugee camp so they could sit their final exams.

Michael Jackson's "live" performance at the 2014 Billboard Music Awards brought a mixed reaction Sunday night.

Joko Widodo, the frontrunner in Indonesia's presidential election chooses a former vice-president, Jusuf Kalla, as his running mate.

Convicted rogue trader Jerome Kerviel crosses into France from Italy to face a three-year prison term for forgery and breach of trust.