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The United States has pledged to send 3,000 troops to West Africa, using its military muscle to battle the biggest ever outbreak of Ebola. "In West Africa, Ebola is an epidemic of the likes that we have not seen before. ...

Survivors recount the incident and how they all made it to safety.

Don't teach girls to cover themselves from the male gaze. Teach boys to look at something else.

In the past six weeks, President Obama has dragged the US into deeper into war by launching more than 150 airstrikes in Iraq and threatening to bomb ISIL in Syria. Congress will vote on Wednesday to send weapons to Syria...

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A key Ukrainian rebel leader tells the BBC a new law granting self-rule to parts of the east will not sway the demand for independence.

The parents of Jessica Ghawi, a young woman murdered during the 2012 Aurora movie theater shooting, have filed a lawsuit against four internet companies, alleging that they "negligently and unlawfully" supplied ammunitio...

Ferguson protesters renew call to remove prosecutor, arrest officer in fatal police shooting

The most significant accusation in the seven-count indictment of Mufid A. Elfgeeh of Rochester asserts that he tried to provide material support and resources to the Islamic State.

Experts hope to learn more about the elusive species which has inspired tales of the legendary kraken sea monster.

"I don't think there's a family in this community that hasn't had a loved one die of cancer"

At the White House and on Capitol Hill, Washington is preparing for war. The accelerated campaign against Islamic State militants will include more airstrikes in both Iraq and - for the first time - Syria. And despite Pr...

A man from Rochester, New York has been charged with trying to recruit people to join Islamic State and to shoot people in the US, say prosecutors.

Members of Islamist Syrian rebel group Jabhat al-Nusra man a checkpoint on the border crossing between Syria and Jordan. REUTERS/Ammar Khassawneh

Diplomats at International Whaling Commission try to find compromise as New Zealand pushes to curb "scientific whaling" Diplomats were preparing for one last push to find a compromise capable of bridging the divide betwe...

Some people believe salt therapy may clear the lungs and purify the skin.

Yesterday the Bureau of Justice Statistics released the latest numbers on incarceration rates, and the headline news is that we're sending fewer people to prison. But there's an interesting wrinkle in the numbers that fe...

Joe Johns reports on the ways in which terror group ISIS is using technology and social media to recruit and raise funds

Kurdish Peshmerga launch an assault on ISIS, with help from U.S. warplanes, but not ground troops. Anna Coren reports.

NASA will partner with Boeing and SpaceX to build commercially owned and operated "space taxis" to fly astronauts to the International Space Station, ending U.S. dependence on Russia for rides, officials said on Tuesday ...

The blast occurred near the heavily fortified U.S. embassy in Kabul, when a driver detonated a car filled with explosives near a convoy of foreign troops. The blast killed three foreign soldiers, including one Polish nat...

The UN brokers a deal on rebuilding in the Gaza Strip, giving roles to the Palestinian Authority and private sector, its top Mid-East envoy says.