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The Ukrainian army pushes closer to rebel-held Donetsk. Kiev is battling what it calls the "epicenter" of rebel forces along the Russian border following a deadly attack on Friday that left 23 servicemen killed. But here...

At least 26 women and three men were killed when militants stormed several apartments in the Zayona residential complexes in eastern Baghdad, security officials told CNN on Saturday.

The way the Justice Department announced its decision underscores the supremacy of the intelligence apparatus over the elected institutions that nominally hold sway in Washington. The department informed the CIA Wednesda...

A 15-year-old girl suburban Houston girl who survived an attack in which her parents and four younger siblings were killed says she's on the road to recovery.

US and Iraqi officials are seeking ways to exploit emerging fissures between the militant group known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, and the Iraqi extremist groups that allied with it.

Activists on both sides of the the heightening Israeli-Palestinian crisis have taken to social media to advocate for their cause this week, though a particularly incendiary hashtag is now catching some attention.

Israel's air war against Hamas and Islamic Jihad fighters in Gaza entered its sixth day Saturday, with Israeli forces bombing a mosque and a center for the disabled, killing two residents and wounding three, as well as a...

Organizers estimated that 3,600 people ran with the bulls in six separate heats at Hawthorne Racecourse Saturday. Most escaped with nothing worse than muddy shoes, but a few ended up on the wrong end of a horn.

The Russian president and President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner also discussed cooperation on military technology and satellites.

Police in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro arrest 21 people ahead of the World Cup final on Sunday.

Rockets flew over the Israel-Gaza border as the sun set on Sunday (July 13), the sixth day of an offensive that Palestinian officials say has killed at least 160 people so far. Footage showed rockets being fired from Gaz...

US Secretary of State John Kerry lands in Vienna to join talks on Iran's nuclear programme, as the 20 July deadline for an agreement approaches.

A massive full moon, often referrred to as a "supermoon" appeared over Greece on Saturday (July 12) hovering over an ancient Greek temple on the country's coast. Instances of such moons happen a few times in the year and...

Pilot killed in suburban Indianapolis plane crash identified as executive of mall developer

Lancashire 225; Nottinghamshire 69-1 Jos Buttlers half-century sounds a positive note for the hosts To Andre Adams age appears just a number. He turns 39 later this week but is performing as ruthlessly with ball in hand ...

The border crisis is a "humanitarian tragedy," not an existential threat, writes The New York Times editorial board. In a strongly-worded weekend editorial, the Times accuses Republicans of "throwing up roadblocks" to a ...

Salim al-Juburi chosen as candidate for parliament speaker as UN warns of 'chaos' if no political progress is achieved.

The Pakistani schoolgirl and campaigner Malala Yousafzai has travelled to Nigeria to meet the families of more than 200 kidnapped schoolgirls.

He is making moves to prepare for a presidential run but declines to answer questions like a presidential candidate.

Wil Lewis and his wife had lived in Chicago for about a year and had moved about two weeks ago to a home on Greenview Avenue in Rogers Park, a neighborhood they considered "safe enough," his family said.

The soprano Angela Meade dispatched the dizzying difficulties of Donizetti's "Lucrezia Borgia" with aplomb at the Caramoor Festival.

After so many years of commanding respect the nation should rejoice that its football is finally recognised as beautiful It cannot surely be long before Angela Merkel is pictured placing a consolatory arm around David Ca...