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Rare earths and a nuclear pact on the agenda as Indian PM Narendra Modi meets Japan's leader, on his first major foreign visit since taking office.

NEW YORK - Two-time defending champion Serena Williams rode her big serve to a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Kaia Kanepi of Estonia to advance to the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open on Monday.

Missile reportedly launched towards Sea of Japan amid high military tension between North and South Korea.

Chinese official visiting financial hub heckled by pro-democracy lawmakers and activists who demand full democracy.

WASHINGTON -- The current Congress is on track to be the worst ever at passing laws since modern record-keeping began, with three of its lawmakers failing to introduce a single...

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From Scarlett Johansson to Jennifer Lawrence, the victims of hack attacks are almost never men--part of a bigger problem with sexist internet culture

David Cameron has unveiled new measures to deal with the threat to the UK from Islamist militant groups in Iraq and Syria.

An "immediate ceasefire" in Ukraine must be the priority for key negotiations taking place on Monday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says.

Man stabs students, teachers at central China school, killing 2 before jumping to his death

Actor had donated boat used by activists who were arrested after trying to save pod of 33 pilot whales in Denmarks Faroe Islands Hollywood star Charlie Sheen has criticised Danish authorities over the arrests of 14 anti-...

A New Mexico shooting range is coming under fire for allowing children to practice shooting semi-automatic weapons.

Laws need to catch up with 'revenge porn' and we should not blame the victims, says professor.

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September is expected to be hard month for Atlantic City, as three of its casinos deal out their last hands

French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said a 16-year-old girl was allegedly planning to travel to Syria join Islamist militants, NBC News reported Sunday. Before the teen was able to board a flight to go to Turkey S...

Police in New Zealand are hunting for a man who shot two people dead and injured a third at an unemployment office.

Social upheaval in Pakistan turns deadly after at least one woman is killed in clashes between protesters and police. Opponents of Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif are demanding the premier step down and say they w...

Iraqi security forces backed by Shi'ite militias on Sunday (August 31) broke the two-month siege of Amerli by Islamic State militants and entered the northern town, officials said. The mayor of Amerli and army officers s...

WASHINGTON

Police officers in Ferguson, Missouri, have begun wearing body cameras after weeks of unrest over the shooting death of an unarmed black teen by a white officer and sharply differing accounts of the incident, officials s...

Official describes as counterproductive Israeli announcement to appropriate 400 hectares of West Bank land.