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What comes up must come down. This giant humpback whale was photographed leaping out of the water off the coast of South Africa in an amazing display of strength. Tour...

CAIRO — The Islamic State extremists who have beheaded another Western hostage are deaf to reason and must be destroyed, British Prime Minister David Cameron said Saturday as Muslims worldwide...

Hong Kong tense after police arrest 19, protesters scrap talks as mobs try to drive them away

It's the "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes." A New York appeals court next week will consider whether chimps should have the same rights as human beings. The extraordinary...

In a medical first, a Swedish woman who had gotten a womb transplant gave birth to a healthy baby, her doctor said Friday. "The baby is fantastic," said Dr. Mats...

So called "blue ribbon" mobs continue to fight with student activists

Hong Kong police arrest 19, protesters cancel talks after mobs try to drive them from streets

Alan Henning was thought to have been abducted in Syria last December

IRVINE, Calif. -- A pair of deadly nighttime crashes only hours apart in Southern California each claimed five lives, including a carload of amusement park goers who were burned beyond...

Ukrainian forces killed 12 pro-Russian separatists in clashes around the government-controlled airport in Donetsk Friday, as the cease-fire agreement signed by the two sides Sept. 5 continues to falter, Reuters reported.

At least 33 people were killed and about two dozen injured in India's northeastern city of Patna because of a stampede that took place while celebrants were burning an effigy at the Dussehra religious festival, the Hindu...

Turkish president demands Biden apologize for claiming Turkey admitted Syria mistakes

The Islamic State terror group identified its next target on Friday, a former U.S. Army Ranger who was captured in Lebanon last year during a relief mission to help Syrian refugees.

Home where Ebola patient stayed decontaminated, family moved; number being monitored falls

Andrew Stevens takes a look at the logistics of feeding and supplying an army of Hong Kong protesters.

With Kim Jong Un out of sight for three weeks, a covey of North Korea's high officials popped down to South Korea for a last minute jaunt on Saturday.

Fresh scuffles broke out on Saturday between Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters and opponents of the week-long demonstrations, reigniting concerns that the Chinese-controlled city's worst unrest in decades could take a v...

In No. 1 cocaine-producer, narco candidates are tainting nationwide elections in Peru

The massive protests in Hong Kong took an ugly turn on Friday when students pressing for representative democracy clashed with opponents, prompting a breakdown of talks aimed at defusing the crisis.

For a century, the Zionist colonization of Palestine has proceeded primarily on the pragmatic principle of the quiet establishment of facts on the ground, which the world was to ultimately come to accept. For those conce...

Farmington, N.H.'s Hiram Watson won bragging rights--and the $5,000 prize--at The Topsfield Fair's All New England Giant Pumpkin Weigh-Off Friday night with his 1,900-pound pumpkin.

Security Council and African Union decry Niger peacekeepers' deaths in attack by suspected al-Qaeda-linked group.