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Iraqi soldiers celebrate the end of training, a volcano spews ash over Mexico, a calf is born with a lucky number and more.

Judge grants 2-month delay in Boston Marathon bombing trial, denies change of venue

The United Kingdom is ready to "play its part" in the global fight against the Islamic State group, Prime Minister David Cameron said late on Wednesday, adding that he will ask parliament to approve the launch of British...

Mass shootings have occurred in the United States with increasing frequency over the past 14 years, with 486 people killed in 160 incidents, according to an FBI analysis released on Wednesday.

Hundreds of Colombian girls are experiencing strange symptoms and blaming a vaccine, but another explanation is more likely.

Newly released surveillance footage shows the final moments of John Crawford, a 22-year-old black man, who was shot by police inside a Walmart outlet while carrying a BB gun that he had picked up in the store. The footag...

The U.S. government will pay the Navajo Nation $554 million to settle claims that it mismanaged funds and natural resources on the Navajo reservation. This is the largest settlement ever for a single American Indian trib...

On Wednesday, President Obama personally chaired a rare high-level meeting of the United Nations Security Council dedicated to the threat of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and other terrorist organizations. The c...

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Egyptian media has reported the 4,600 year-old structure has been damaged during an ongoing restoration project

Like many of his predecessors, Barack Obama seems to have decided what military action he wants to take and then worked out the legal details. The Obama administration continued its air campaign against Islamic State gro...

Algerian militants have released a video that appears to show them beheading Frenchman Herve Gourdel, who was kidnapped on Sunday (September 21), in what the group said was a response to France's action against Islamic S...

Melrose police responded to a call from Pine Banks Park in Melrose last week, where they discovered a cow tongue, suspected to have been used in a ritual, hanging from a tree.

They found Jake stumbling along a busy highway in Washington state.

President Obama will announce Holder's resignation Thursday afternoon. He'll stay on until his successor is confirmed.

Judge: Businesses don't have to give back BP oil spill payouts; BP claimed overpayments

CNN's Phil Black reports on Syrian refugees' grim journey to an uncertain future in Turkey.

A fighter from the Islamist Syrian rebel group Al Nusra Front is seen in front of a burning vehicle, caused by what activists said were missiles fired by a Syrian Air Force fighter jet, at their base in Raqqa province, e...

The International Olympic Committee announced Wednesday that it would add an anti-discrimination clause to host cities' contracts. The announcement comes after human rights groups criticized Russia's anti-gay policies du...

Free Syrian Army fighters in the Handarat area near Aleppo Central prison, July 7, 2014. Reuters/Hosam Kata

The latest ruling in the ongoing battle over a northern California surf spot is a blow to venture capitalist Vinod Khosla

Harsh interpretations of Quranic law are being used to justify violence against transgender people in particular, activists say