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Morgan Essenheimer is relieved to be home, back with her fiance in California.

SYDNEY-- Counterterrorism raids in Sydney on Thursday were sparked by security intelligence that the Islamic State movement was planning a random, violent attack in Australia as a demonstration of its...

Polls open across Scotland as voters decide whether to break from UK and become independent

EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton (L) and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif attend a news conference in Vienna on Jul. 18, 2014. Reuters/Leonhard Foeger

Studies show that spanking is harmful -- and unnecessary

It's an earful, alright

Less than a year after construction began, the project is making progress toward the opening of its first span, in 2016, and the full bridge by 2018.

International monitors endorse Fiji election, paving way for remaining sanctions to be dropped

WASHINGTON -- Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is faulting the United States for trying to take on ISIS "without any sacrifice" -- as the House approved arming Syrian rebels to battle...

The ongoing grand jury proceedings may suggest the prosecutor is trying to avoid s backlash if Wilson isn't indicted

Official: NATO's new rapid-reaction force to have initial capabilities in less than year

Al-Khawaja out of prison but subject to travel ban and will face charges of assaulting a police officer.

They broke the glass ceiling -- and some say they should break their near-silence on the NFL's recent domestic-violence scandals. The female head honchos in question include Campbell Soup CEO...

(SOUNDBITE) (English and French) CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER STEPHEN HARPER, SAYING: "Mesdames et messieurs, ladies and gentlemen, it's my great pleasure, I know our great pleasure, to welcome to Canada,

A high school in California obsessed with Middle Eastern culture has finally decided to answer the overwhelming demands to change its controversial “Arab” mascot — but not by much. Teams...

Police: Video shows suspect robbing store with banana he swiped from counter near cashier

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group will price its shares at $68 a piece, topping its initial expected range, and raising a total of $21.8 billion to make it the biggest U.S. initial public offering ever. The stock sa...

A new regional branch of al Qaeda infiltrated Pakistan's navy and tried to hijack a vessel earlier this month to launch rocket attacks on American ships in the Indian Ocean, Pakistani authorities said.

Kansas must remove the name of the Democratic candidate against Republican Sen. Pat Roberts from the ballot, the state Supreme Court declared Thursday, in a unanimous ruling that could influence the fight for control of ...

It's been a pivotal week on the international stage, particularly when it comes to President Obama's plan to "degrade, and ultimately destroy" ISIS, the terrorist group. But the details of the plan can be confusing.

More than two weeks after Home Depot's cyber attack first discovered, the home retailer said today a payment data breach exposed 56 million credit and debit cards. The company said the breach has been contained and the m...

(TOPEKA, Kan.) — The Kansas Supreme Court has ordered the state to remove U.S. Senate Democratic nominee Chad Taylor’s name from the ballot, in a ruling that could influence the national fight for control of the Sena...