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Thousands of protesters rallied Saturday on a New York street where Eric Garner, an unarmed black man, died after a white police officer put him in a chokehold, sparking national outrage just weeks before Michael Brown w...

Supporters of Ferguson, Missouri, Police Officer Darren Wilson say they have faced threats over their views, but vowed not to be silenced.

Authorities monitoring the Bardarbunga volcano say there is the threat of "significant emission of ash into the atmosphere".

China's Defense Ministry has denied U.S. accusations that a Chinese fighter jet conducted a "dangerous intercept" of a U.S. Navy surveillance aircraft. 

Matthew Chance and Will Ripley look at key questions ahead of the summit between the presidents of Russia and Ukraine.

Eight people accused of being involved in series of attacks in Beijing and restive Xinjiang region put to death.

As violence continues to wrack Iraq, another ethnic slaughter may be in the making by Sunni extremists from ISIS.

Foreign minister says Gulf state is repelled by armed group's views, their violent methods and their ambitions.

Court documents released Friday in the so-called "John Doe investigation" into political support for Wisconsin GOP Gov. Scott Walker show prosecutors subpoenaed phone-company records and that the probe went deeper than p...

The White House is sending three officials to Michael Brown's funeral Monday, including one who attended high school with the mother of the teen gunned down by a police officer.

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When Stephen McGarva and wife Pamela decided to move to Puerto Rico because of her job, he jumped at the chance to ­explore the sun-soaked islands. On their first week...

Health chiefs say the Ebola risk to the UK remains "very low" amid reports a British national who caught the virus in Sierra Leone could be transferred to Britain.

Thirty-five Nigerian policemen are missing following an insurgent attack Saturday on a police training school in one of the most volatile parts of the African nation, police said.

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The decision on whether to go after ISIS in Syria is a momentous one for Obama.

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Hundreds of orphans in the Republic of Congo have loving homes and willing parents waiting in America, yet remain stuck in orphanages because the African nation's government suddenly put a freeze on adoptions that in man...

China executed eight people convicted of terrorism on Saturday, three of which it says were behind an attack last October in Tiananmen Square, according to China's state-run Xinhua news agency.

Video footage shows Cameroonian striker Albert Ebosse being stretchered off the pitch after being hit by a missile.

A military parade will roll through the capital of Kiev on Sunday as part of the celebrations of Ukraine's independence day.