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Pro-Russian rebels shoot down a military transport plane in eastern Ukraine, reportedly killing 49 Ukrainian service personnel.

Baghdad, Iraq

Israel searches West Bank for missing teens, including American, feared abducted

China frees dissident artist detained during anniversary of Tiananmen crackdown

As Islamic militants push towards Baghdad, Mosul's Governor Atheel al Nujaifi tells Sky News he would welcome American support.

Part 'cool factor' and part cautionary tale, Obama talks about his drug-using past.

As a tide of Sunni militant fighters sweeping toward Baghdad threatens the government of Shiite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, a flood of refugees sought safety in the autonomous region of Kurdistan.

Advisers and better intelligence could improve United States air power in an effort to assist the Nuri Kamal al-Maliki government.

Iraq edges closer to the prospect of full-blown civil war as Iraqis seek to join the fight against extremists.

The spat between China and Vietnam over an oil rig in the South China Sea has become increasingly ugly. But a Chinese official said Friday that China will never send its military to the scene of the conflict, and accused...

Parents of teen who shot classmate at Oregon school say they're 'horrified and distraught'

'The grandmother of performance art' had people openly weeping at New York's MoMA. Zoe Williams spent a whole day in her presence at her long-anticipated London show. Did she break down? Robert is a 46-year-old psych...

Peaceful start to vote that will decide whether Abdullah Abdullah or Ashraf Ghani takes over from Hamid Karzai Afghans headed to the polls on Saturday morning to choose a successor to President Hamid Karzai and seal the ...

The Queen's Baton Relay is to arrive in Scotland as it begins a 40-day tour of the host country ahead of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games.

Sky News takes a look at the stories making a splash on the front pages of Sunday's national newspapers.

A man is charged with murdering a 39-year-old woman whose body was found inside her Suffolk home.

Centrist Senator Aecio Neves from Brazil's opposition Social Democracy party will run against President Dilma Rousseff in October's election.

Rep. John Lewis was there, too.

Speaking at the University of California, Irvine, President Obama likened those who deny climate change to people who would have told John F. Kennedy, at the dawn of the space program, that the moon "was made of cheese."

The Chief Inspector of Prisons warns that jails in England and Wales are so overcrowded there is a risk to prisoners and the public.

he so-called Tiananmen Square "Massacre" is one of the most misleading events the US government and the Western media have used to demonize the Chinese government each and every year since 1989. The West and anti-communi...

Costa Rica score two goals in three minutes on the way to a shock Group D victory over an unconvincing Uruguay.