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Best-selling U.S. jazz musician Kenny G struck a bum note in China on Wednesday when he appeared among Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protesters, prompting the country’s foreign ministry to warn foreigners...

Expanding coal mining operations along the Queensland coast could threaten Australia's treasured Great Barrier Reef.

Fromer GCHQ boss says existing drone technology poses no convincing ethical problems but there must be safeguards Britain should lead the campaign for an international ban on development of autonomous killer robots but e...

Judge orders a full mental-health competency evaluation

The United States Department of Defense said on Tuesday that it is "not out of the realm of the possible" that some of the weapons and ammunitions airdropped by the U.S. military near Kobani had fallen into the hands of ...

Police say man has confessed to killing all 7 women whose bodies found in northwestern Indiana

As the Islamic State group pushes across Anbar, Iraqi tribes in Abu Ghraib block takeover

Fruitless Hong Kong protest talks highlight vast gulf between young students, senior officials

2nd ship to join hunt for Malaysian plane; defense minister says 'We will find MH370'

A US Marine accused of murdering a transgender woman in the Philippines is moved to a Philippine army base, but fails to attend an initial hearing.

Hunt for 43 'disappeared' youths puts spotlight on Mexico's long, and growing, list of missing

A photojournalist says he is 'happy to be alive' as America tightens restrictions on travellers from ebola-stricken countries.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says he is setting up an inquiry into attacks on UN facilities during Israel's recent offensive in the Gaza Strip.

Details given of two vaccines being fast-tracked for trial on 20,000 health workers and antibody serum planned for Liberia The World Health Organisation has announced it hopes to begin testing two experimental Ebola vacc...

As Ebola fears burgeoned in the U.S., the White House named Ron Klain as the country's go-to person -- the Ebola czar -- but what does he do? The specifics around his new title are murky, and what Klain will do as the na...

Former NATO commander says NATO should help in tricky hunt for possible Russian sub.

Nina Pham was previously listed in "fair" condition

Canada raised its terrorist attack threat level from "low" to "medium" on Tuesday. The change came a day after a Quebec man, who had previously attempted to leave Canada for Turkey, carried out a fatal hit-and-run attack...

Texas Presbyterian admits fault. A hospitalized cameraman is Ebola-free. And the U.S. Ebola czar takes office.

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How a government minister sought relief for a country in crisis

Texas Presbyterian Hospital "fell short" several times in treating Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan, starting by not asking the right questions in the emergency room, the hospital's chief clinical officer, Dr. Daniel Var...