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Iran has executed 26-year-old Reyhaneh Jabbari, who had killed a man who tried to rape her, despite repeated calls by rights activists for her release. An Iranian henchman hanged Jabbari at dawn, ending her seven-year ja...

Christie wants to elect governors who will stop all this talk about raising the minimum wage. Yes, Christie wants to elect governors who will "start offending people"--like school teachers and their unions. Among the rea...

A surprising number one pick

A Palestinian-American minor has been killed by the Israel Defense Forces, according to the U.S. State Department.

A health care worker who recently returned from West Africa is being tested at a New York City hospital for possible Ebola, officials said.

A two year-old girl, who tested positive for the Ebola virus in Mali, died Friday amid suspicion from the World Health Organization, or WHO, that she might have come in contact with several more people in the country. Sh...

A female health worker who has been placed in Ebola quarantine in New Jersey developed a fever within hours of her isolation. The woman, who has not been named, worked with Doctors Without Borders, and had been in contac...

A three-month state of emergency has been declared in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula following the deaths of at least 30 soldiers in two separate attacks on Friday, according to media reports. The emergency measures will report...

Party of outgoing President Mujica leading in polls but no party expected to secure enough votes to win in first round.

An armed pupil opens fire on his friends, a student tells CNN, leaving one of them dead, three critically injured and another in a serious condition.

Ebola-stricken doctor seen as globe-trotting do-gooder driven to join global health fight

Another round of nuclear talks ended late Thursday in Vienna. Nothing good, bad or even surprising has publicly emerged from the two-day talks between Iran and the P5+1 countries.

MARYSVILLE, Wash. -- A student opened fire in the cafeteria of a high school here Friday, killing one girl and critically injuring four other students before killing himself, according to police officials.

Bus packed with people including Israeli tourists and locals heading home for Diwali veers off mountain highway A Nepal bus packed with people, including Israeli tourists and locals heading home for a Hindu festival, vee...

The first US service member has died in the third US-Iraq war, although not in combat, the Department of Defense says

Bystanders on Huntington Avenue Friday night bore witness to Northeastern University students bearing (almost) all for a timeless Husky tradition.

Tributes for Scottish vocalist who formed seminal 1960s band with Eric Clapton, and helped turn rock into serious art form Jack Bruce, the bassist and singer for the seminal 60s rock group Cream, has died aged 71. He had...

Take a look inside the first permanent cat cafe to open on American soil

A number of students are punished following an investigation after footage emerged of a group chanting about violence and necrophilia.

The rest of Europe expects the UK to settle a £1.7bn EU budget demand "and that's that", a vice president of the European Parliament has said.

Tunisians express doubts over politics as they prepare to elect historic new parliament

A Malaysian diplomat appears briefly in court on charges of attempted rape in the New Zealand city of Wellington after being extradited.