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Footage of male members of the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly heckling a female colleague is sparking outrage.

Montana firefighters pay tribute to chief killed in crash that also left family of 5 dead

Presbyterians say move to pull investments modeled on campaign against apartheid in South Africa.

Troops in central Russia have been put on "full combat alert", a day after neighbouring Ukraine declared a week-long ceasefire.

Dozens of Iraqi troops have been killed as Islamist militants seized the Qaim crossing into Syria, security officials say.

It's that time of year again when dogs with unusually large heads, hairless bodies and other oddities compete to be the World's Ugliest Dog.

A Mexican drug cartel recently used its painting skills to smuggle millions of dollars of marijuana into the United States, a brushstroke of genius of sorts until the effort was uncovered by a federal border agent.

A suicide attack in Afghanistan targeting a senior government official kills one civilian and injures several others in Kabul, police say.

The ancient West Bank village of Battir is the newest World Heritage Site.

A court in Egypt due to deliver final verdicts for hundreds of Muslim Brotherhood supporters accused of an attack on a police station in 2013.

New report says 10.8 million out of country's total population of 22 million are now in urgent need of aid.

Friends of prominent outdoors writer Karen Sykes are anxious but hopeful that searchers will find her safely sheltered somewhere in Mount Rainier National Park.

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A 19-year-old man, arrested in connection with the death of a Saudi Arabian woman in Essex, is released.

When these companies use American resources to become American success stories, and then refuse to pay American taxes, that's unfair. It may not be illegal -- at least, not after their highly-priced lobbyists game the sy...

Court upholds sentences against general guide Mohamed Badie and more than 180 other Muslim Brotherhood figures.

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Suicide bomber tries to kill High Peace Council member as protests planned for Kabul over poll fraud allegations.

As she returns to the scene of her most famous triumph, the Russian explains how she dealt with teenage stardom

An assault on police in Xinjiang results in the death of 13 assailants, the latest incident in the restive Chinese province, officials say.

The US imposes sanctions against pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine, as Western leaders threaten new moves against Russia for its role in the crisis.

The father of a British man who has appeared in a video aimed at recruiting fighters for the Islamist militant group Isis says he is "heartbroken" his son left the UK to fight in Syria.