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Tom Perotta's novel comes to HBO.

Islamist militant group Isis declares the establishment of a caliphate, or Islamic state, on the territories it controls in Iraq and Syria.

The trial of Olympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius resumes in South Africa Monday after being halted for a month-long psychiatric assessment of the athlete.

The visiting team spent two days in the Cuban capital to encourage an open Internet

Police find a gun in the tent belonging to the 12-year-old, who was on a week-long camping trip with his troop.

On Sunday morning, as gay-rights advocates were preparing to march in pride parades around the U.S., Elton John was in a Sky News studio in England talking sports and gay rights and religion with Dermot Murnaghan. It was...

Portuguese authorities order fans to return to stand trial - 10 years after they were told they would not be prosecuted.

David Cameron will face questions in the House of Commons later about his failed bid to block the appointment of the new European Commission president.

Four dozen people were stuck for hours on a ride at SeaWorld San Diego on Sunday after a power failure, the amusement park said.

North Korea said Monday it is preparing to indict two American detainees for carrying out what it says were hostile acts against the country.

If we're gambling with asylum seekers' lives, let's at least make it a bit more showbusiness. First Dog on the Moon presents Australia's favourite show: Put Them in the Van! Having trouble viewing this cartoon? Click her...

The trial of the captain and crew members of the South Korean ferry that sank claiming more than 300 lives is taking a one-week break.

The Environment Secretary hopes to reverse a ban on the traditional recipe, which could be worth millions to Scottish producers.

Nestle, the world's largest food company, has become the first major manufacturer to say it will pay the living wage to all its staff.

The Italian Navy has found about 30 bodies in a fishing boat with hundreds of migrants between Sicily and the North African coast, Italy's media say.

Hafiz Saeed, the head of a self-declared charity in Pakistan accused of masterminding the 2008 Mumbai attacks, dismisses new US sanctions.

At least 30 people were killed Sunday in raids by suspected Boko Haram Islamists on four Christian villages in the northeastern Nigerian state of Borno, residents and a priest said.

The new session for Euro MPs has begun at the European Parliament, and the BBC's Chris Morris offers a guide to the directly elected parliamentary institution of the European Union.

President Obama wrote a letter to House Speaker John Boehner announcing that he would send 200 more American troops to Baghdad. This time it's a little bit different.

Deep in the ocean is a plastic vortex, the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Some people say it's twice the size of Texas, others that it's bigger than the continental United States. But the latest research indicates it doesn...

France's biggest bank agreed to pay penalty of $8.9bn for dealing with countries that were the subject of US sanctions BNP Paribas, Frances biggest bank, pleaded guilty to criminal charges and agreed to pay a record-brea...

A number of suspects identified by British police in the case of missing Madeleine McCann are to appear at a police station in Portugal from Tuesday, sources tell the BBC.