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ISIS recruitment attempts in the biggest Muslim country have met resistance.

Hong Kong police have cleared the main government compound of pro-democracy demonstrators who had occupied the area on Friday.

Following Israel's footsteps in denouncing Mahmoud Abbas' speech at the United Nations General Assembly on Friday, the United States reportedly hit out at the Palestinian President, calling his speech "offensive" and "pr...

The U.S. Department of Justice has asked the Ferguson, Missouri police department to order its officers not to wear bracelets saying "I am Darren Wilson," a reference to the white officer who killed black teenager Michae...

Cast as an olive branch by some, the Ferguson police chief's attempt to march with protesters demanding charges in the killing of an unarmed, black 18-year-old by a white officer still erupted into a clash that activists...

Hong Kong police Saturday arrested several protesters who had occupied the city's government headquarters, in protesting against China's decision to place restrictions on the process for electing the city's leader. The a...

The United States has released a dossier which includes a wanted list of 14 leading jihadists and terror facilitators from the Islamic State group, or ISIS, and al-Qaida. The list names figures with key roles in the tran...

Islamic State fighters near the Syrian town of Kobane, on the Turkey border, have been targeted by air strikes, a BBC correspondent reports.

The president of the Spanish region of Catalonia signs a decree calling for a referendum on independence, in a move opposed by central government.

WASHINGTON -- As the massive US-led air campaign plows ahead, the nation's top military chief says it will take 15,000 ground troops to wipe out ISIS in Syria. Gen. Martin...

Newly launched airstrikes in Syria are only one piece of the puzzle in the United States' war against the Islamic State, as the military prepares to launch a complex operation to train and arm Syrian rebels.

The BBC's Shumaila Jaffery reports from a remote village in Pakistan to speak to one woman who was told she had to marry her cousin at the age of 13.

3 dead, 15 injured after North Central Texas college softball team bus crashes in Oklahoma

At a time when heightened fears of government surveillance coincide with growing anxiety about global terrorism, the next top U.S. law-enforcement officer will face daunting challenges to balance protection of Americans'...

Russia, Cuba give scathing remarks on U.S.-Ukraine relations          

British warplanes are in Cyprus, ready to launch missile strikes against Islamic State targets after MPs backed military action in Iraq.

The UK's only ferry link to Scandinavia is to close for good, marking the "the end of an era", its operator says.

Islamic State fighters were on the brink of entering the Kurdish Syrian city of Ayn al-Arab, also known as Kobane, on Friday. Militants engaged in heavy clashes with Kurdish troops from the People's Protection Units (YPG...

WASHINGTON -- The White House is laying the groundwork for jamming a replacement for outgoing Attorney General Eric Holder through a lame-duck Democratic Senate -- even if Republicans seize back...

The CEO of a $2 trillion investment fund said he resigned from his post after his young daughter wrote him a note listing 22 milestones he had missed in her life.

Mosquito-borne virus spreads rapidly in South and Central America after ravaging Caribbean

Army battalion in Mexico killings previously in cartel corruption scandal, fatal road shooting