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According to reports, a long-term humanitarian truce between Israel and Hamas may or may not be in the offing as soon as tomorrow. 

A Norwegian citizen who trained with a master bomb maker in Yemen and recently was added to the State Department's list of international terrorists  has been linked to the increased security screening of flights coming ...

South Korean police said Tuesday that they had found the body of a fugitive businessman wanted in connection with April's ferry disaster that left more than 300 people, many of them high school students, dead or missing....

While the appraisal industry has a long, sordid history of discrimination, and such bias still creeps into almost every step of the property assessment process today, it has been virtually invisible in recent fair housin...

Afghan officials say suicide bomber has killed 4 foreign security guards in Kabul

Fighting continued over the town of Nasir for the second day in the largest offensive since May truce.

A federal judge on Monday dismissed a U.S. senator's lawsuit challenging a requirement that congressional members and their staffs to obtain government-subsidized health insurance through small business exchanges, saying...

Miami police officer Eduardo Perez fighting crime in the Cuban neighborhood of Little Havana. But Perez doesn't work alone - his partner is a horse named Panchito and the duo is fast becoming a firm favorite with busines...

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Cameron pledges tougher law as study reveals 137,000 girls and women in England and Wales have been mutilated Parents will be prosecuted if they fail to prevent their daughter being cut, and all victims of female genital...

The creator of a vagina shaped kayak has been released, though she still faces prison time if convicted on an obscenity charge. 

A U.S. jury on Monday found a friend of the accused Boston Marathon bomber guilty of obstructing the investigation into the deadly blasts by removing a backpack containing fireworks shells from the suspect's dorm room.

A month ago, Ezra Klein explained why he's a pessimist about climate change. His explanation is compelling — our ineffectual national and international institutions really do handicap our ability to deal with this prob...

As the death toll climbed to a record high in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, social media users flooded outlets like Twitter and Instagram with pictures of the devastation. Some of the photos used in this article are not from...

Texas Gov. Rick Perry said Monday he'll send 1,000 Texas National Guard troops to the border to help grapple with the crush of immigrant kids streaming into his state. There...

Emergency medical workers who responded were suspended without pay as their hospital and the Fire Department review the incident.

EU foreign ministers could impose penalties on Russian businesses, organisations and individuals as they meet in Brussels.

Secretary of State John Kerry will be leaning heavily on Egypt, Turkey and Qatar -- which have deep divisions over the Islamic movement -- to help broker a cease-fire as quickly as possible.

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A woman in New Hampshire was issued a $100 ticket after stopping in a highway median to help a group of stranded ducklings.