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John and Diane Foley, the parents of slain U.S. journalist James Foley, said Friday that the U.S. government threatened them with prosecution if they tried to raise money to pay a ransom for their son, who was kidnapped ...

Late last month Yelena Tumanova was handed the body of her son in a coffin at her home in Russia's Western Volga region. Anton Tumanov was 20 and a soldier serving in the Russian army in the North Caucasus region of Chec...

The mother of South African model Reeva Steenkamp is expressing "disbelief" over dismissal of murder charges against the man who killed her daughter.

Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk says Russia wants to "eliminate" Ukraine as tension continues in the east of the country.

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A 15-year-old boy is bailed after being arrested on suspicion of starting the Manchester Dogs' Home fire.

More than 100 wild 'micro pigs' that may have once been pets are shot dead in a cull ordered by Swansea council because of safety fears.

At least one soldier and two civilians killed in car bomb attack on crowded bazaar in Quetta, officials say.

Officials hopeful lava spares homes as it approaches vacant lots in Hawaii subdivision

Women remain far more sceptical over independence than men - and are four times more likely to be undecided ahead of the vote.

WASHINGTON -- Now it's a war. American soldiers have been in Iraq since June and US airstrikes have been targeting ISIS for weeks, but it took the administration until Friday...

Pope travels to former battlefields where grandfather fought WWI in tribute to all war victims

Secretary of state moves on from Turkey as he tries to build backing from Arab world and Europe for assault on militants US secretary of state John Kerry heads to Cairo on Saturday amid a growing campaign to build a broa...

The mother of murdered journalist James Foley told Fox News' Greta Van Susteren Friday the family learned of her son's death "by one journalist calling us and crying on the phone" and asking if they'd seen the news.

Russian President Vladimir Putin says he is weighing the response to a new round of sanctions from the West. The EU and US tightened economic penalties on Moscow, accusing it of sending troops to back pro-Russian separat...

In Cuba, doctors and nurses are heeding the call for help to fight Ebola. The communist island nation says it's sending 165 healthcare workers to West Africa, where the worst outbreak of the disease in history is raging....

With "National Make Your Bed Day" behind us and mornings of making our beds ahead of us, it's about time we took a second to talk about the chore that has an impossibly low favorability ranking for most people. It's the ...

Crews battle California wildfire amid heatwave; 30 homes evacuated, no immediate risk posed

The feared militant and 200 other fighters died in a battle on Friday in the state of Borno state, birthplace of the extremist group A leading commander of Islamist extremist group Boko Haram has been killed along with 2...

Experts: Ferguson video of witness raising hands could bolster argument Brown was surrendering

For Iraqis displaced by militant violence, the idea of going home causes fear

The U.S. & EU have imposed new sanctions against Russia, tightening financial measures against Moscow.