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The homeless man who accepted an award for Miley Cyrus at MTV’s Video Music Awards met the superstar at a Los Angeles nonprofit that aims to get kids off the street.

Hundreds reportedly killed as fighters storm the Tabqa base in northeast Syria, the army's last foothold in the area.

Services have been set for the nine-year-old boy who was fatally shot in a South Side backyard last week.

The government of Mozambique signs a ceasefire with the Renamo opposition party in a bid to end hostilities ahead of elections in October.

Andy Murray started the 2014 season off slowly, which might have been predicted given he had back surgery last fall. He picked up his game at the French Open only to suffer a bewildering loss to Grigor Dimitrov at Wimble...

With fires from burst gas pipes still smouldering, the clean-up after yesterday's California earthquake is now under way.

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On Sunday, the Nusra Front, an affiliate of al Qaeda, released U.S. freelance journalist Peter Theo Curtis, handing him over to United Nations personnel at the Israel-Syria border. Curtis, 45, was abducted in Antakya, Tu...

Japan is offering to provide anti-influenza drug for possible Ebola treatment

Doctors at a hospital in north-west London have begun treating a Briton who contracted Ebola in Sierra Leone.

The father of an unarmed black teenager shot dead in Ferguson, Missouri calls for peace ahead of his son's funeral.

A letter composed by James Foley in his cramped hostage cell is revealed for the first time by his heartbroken parents.

Libyan militia from the city of Misrata say they've seized the main airport in the capital Tripoli. The fighters call themselves Operation Dawn. They say they captured the main airport from a rival militia that hails fro...

So your four-legged friend can enjoy the beach like you would

British intelligence has identified the black-clad figure shown getting ready to behead U.S. journalist James Foley last week, a report said. In a grisly video, the figure who has become known as "Jihadi John," said the ...

The Israeli military said the Hamas official had been responsible for the militant group's financial transactions.

Believe it or not, last year's twerking incident had something to do with it.

A magnitude 6.0 earthquake hit Northern California near Napa Valley Sunday, injuring at least 120 -- 3 critically -- and causing extensive damage, including fires sparked by burst gas lines, in the largest tremor to rock...

A new study suggests using a smaller glass, keeping your glass on the table while you pour, and never filling it over half-full

A search is resuming off the Berwickshire coast for a diver who has been reported missing close to St Abbs in Berwickshire.

The U.S. Navy released video on Sunday (August 23) showing sailors directing aircraft during flight deck operations aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush on Saturday (August 22) and Sunday. The Obama administr...

Tokyo-bound flight returned to Kuala Lumpur airport after 50 minutes because correct pressure could not be maintained A Malaysia Airlines plane was forced to turn back due to pressure problems inside the aircraft after b...