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Brazil star Neymar brings the world cup to life but the celebrations are marred by protests across the country.

The parents of a cruise worker who went missing on a Disney-owned ship in 2011, call for police to re-interview two people about their daughter's disappearance.

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President Barack Obama said Thursday that his administration is considering military support to help fight jihadists who have taken over swaths of land in northern Iraq.

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Neymar's double gets Brazil's World Cup campaign off to a winning start but Croatia will rightly feel aggrieved, writes Ben Smith.

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Scientists say rock layer hundreds of miles down holds vast amount of water, opening up new theories on how planet formed After decades of searching scientists have discovered that a vast reservoir of water, enough to fi...

Iran, of all places, has reportedly dispatched two units of its elite Revolutionary Guards to Iraq to help stem the tide of terrorist gains and defend Baghdad from assault. 

Insurers start to distribute initial payments of $50,000 to the relatives of those on board the Malaysian passenger jet that went missing in March.

Embassy officials are staying put for the time being

Ukraine's interior minister claimed that an armored column from Russia had crossed the border into eastern Ukraine overnight.

Wes Anderson's latest film, The Grand Budapest Hotel, is coming to DVD and Blu-Ray on June 17, and a team of die-hard fans decided to celebrate its release with a LEGO model. LEGO "master model builder" Ryan Ziegelbauer ...

President Barack Obama ruled out sending in combat troops to Iraq in an effort to stabilize the country following advances by an al Qaeda offshoot. "We will not be sending U.S. troops back into combat in Iraq," Obama sai...

The U.S. aircraft carrier George H.W. Bush is being moved to the Persian Gulf in case President Barack Obama authorizes airstrikes in Iraq, CNN reported Friday. Iraq is in turmoil after an al Qaeda offshoot, the Islamic ...

Duct tape FTW.

Gov. Chris Christie (R-New Jersey) made a special appearance Thursday on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, as the show's host honored the upcoming Father's Day weekend with "The Evolution of Dad Dancing." The routine w...

When Qatar won the bid to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup there was much pomp and pageantry in the tiny Gulf state. Ever since then, however, the successful bid has been dogged by controversy.

David Cameron calls for "bold leadership" in a newspaper article outlining his criteria for the new president of the European Commission.

Japanese eels put on endangered species 'red list' as Japan mulls ways to reverse decline

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