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Saudi Arabia on Thursday sent 30,000 troops to its border with Iraq, claiming that Iraq's military deserted the area in the face of an onslaught from the Islamist State of Iraq and Syria, or ISIS.

Protesters clash with Israeli police as tensions remain high two days after the discovery of the 16-year-old's charred body.

Stones thrown at police are met with teargas and stun grenades as more than 2,000 people attend funeral in Jerusalem Israeli police clashed with Palestinian protesters in Jerusalem on Friday as thousands of people conver...

The attorney general is investigating whether the 84-year-old entertainer's sentence for indecent assaults was unduly lenient.

The entire fleet of 97 Lockheed Martin Corp F-35 fighter jets has been grounded by the United States military until additional inspections of the warplane's single engine built by Pratt & Whitney, a unit of United Techno...

Health ministers from 11 West African states agree a common strategy to fight an Ebola outbreak that has killed more than 400 people.

Hot dog eaters prove size does not matter at weigh-in on eve of Fourth of July contest in NYC

The video purports to show Mohammed Abu Khadair being bundled into car, as Israel sends more troops to the border with Gaza.

A mother and son in Illinois’ Kane County are recovering physically and mentally today after their car was swallowed by a sinkhole, with them still in it. But their situation would get even worse. It all happened ...

Isis rebels in Iraq have been methodically hunting down non-Sunnis and those opposed to the militants, refugees from rebel-held towns tell the BBC.

Unfinished overpass collapses in the Brazilian World Cup host city of Belo Horizonte, killing at least two people.

Carphone Warehouse co-founder, friend of David Cameron and former tax exile in serious contention for chairmanship A multimillionaire Tory party donor and friend of David Cameron and Boris Johnson, is in the frame to bec...

As grisly cases of rape in India start to emerge again, many are hoping the United States and others will apply pressure to their Asian ally to renew the fight against this epidemic.

Lieutenant Tom Davidson will keep his job following the incident, which happened after the man's wheelchair ran over his foot.

Brazil see off Colombia's fightback to book a World Cup semi-final against Germany with goals from Thiago Silva and David Luiz.

Costa Rica coach Jorge Luis Pinto says Arjen Robben must be punished if he dives in the World Cup quarter-final.

Pyongyang agrees to reopen investigation into the fate of Japanese nationals kidnapped more than 30 years ago Japan has confirmed it will lift some sanctions against North Korea after Pyongyang agreed to reopen an invest...

David Luiz's brilliant free-kick helps Brazil to a 2-1 victory over Colombia in the World Cup 2014 quarter-final in Fortaleza.

Shell also among shareholders bringing class action in Texas over disastrous 2010 oil spill in Gulf of Mexico Pension funds from London borough councils and even Shell are among a new group of shareholders suing BP in Te...

Regulators say unauthorized charges, long a bane of landline accounts, have become a growing nuisance for mobile users as well.

There was a different sort of fireworks today in Murrieta, California, as residents clashed over whether to support U.S. efforts to process Central American immigrants in their town. This week, protesters in the wealthy ...

Wimbledon's strict new limits on colors in clothing have left many, including champions of the past, displeased.