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Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was hit Saturday during a meeting with militants, though not much is known

Slippery conditions and the roar of crashing water make it tricky for daredevils crossing one of the world's most famous falls.

Iran and six world powers are hurtling toward a Nov. 24 deadline for an agreement on Iran's nuclear program. Iran's deputy foreign minister said he believes a resolution can be reached by the deadline while international...

Police investigating an alleged Islamist terrorism plot targeting the UK are given seven more days to question four men arrested last week.

Catalans hope for big turnout in a symbolic independence vote strongly opposed by the central government in Madrid.

Kenneth Bae and Matthew Miller who were held captive in North Korea have landed back on US soil for an emotional homecoming.

"I thought I'd give him a third shot for good luck," heroic Navy SEAL Robert O'Neill told rapt 9/11 family members of the bullets he boasts of of squeezing off...

Former Chicago Bull Dennis Rodman said he was responsible for gaining the release of two Americans held in North Korea. TMZ reported Saturday it had obtained a copy of a letter in which the former NBA star begged for the...

Thousands take to the streets of Kafr Kana in northern Israel on Saturday. Israeli police on horseback clash with protesters who throw rocks and set fires at the entrance to the village. The clashes come just hours after...

Iraq's armed forces have recaptured three villages from Islamic State fighters west of Baghdad. Video from the defense ministry shows the army's push toward Falluja, -- it's a trail of broken homes and scorched bodies.

U.S. warplanes attacked a convoy near Mosul in Iraq this weekend in an attempt to kill ISIS leaders, said a spokesman for U.S. Central Command.

PETA launched an anti-wool campaign on Sunday with a Times Square video billboard showing a woman scratching her crotch while a male version of that spot got shot down as...

The career politicians in the administrative class like to call themselves "public servants" when they're feeling humble, or "leaders" when a moment of vanity strikes. They're really more like imperial...

A bomb exploded on Sunday morning at the police headquarters in Afghanistan's capital Kabul, killing at least one officer and wounding another six, officials said.

Arab leaders called a 24-hour general strike in Israel in response to the shooting of a 22-year-old man in the Arab town of Kafr Kanna near Haifa. The High Follow-Up Committee for Arab Citizens of Israel called the strik...

Ya me canse becomes a rallying call for anger over the governments handling of the apparent killing of 43 students An off-the-cuff comment by the attorney general to cut off a news conference about the apparent killing o...

Pope Francis Saturday demoted the Vatican's highest-ranking American cardinal, moving him into a ceremonial position as chaplain of a charity group. Cardinal Raymond Burke, 66, had been a vocal critic of the pope's leade...

One woman tells the BBC's Leana Hosea how she is fighting for justice for the lower caste community in India, where sexual violence and discrimination is rife.

5 facts about fever: Here's what you need to know when body temperatures rise.          

"There is always inequity in life," an American president declared. "Life is unfair." The president was John F. Kennedy, speaking in 1962. Today it's hard to picture even a losing...

Mexicans protesting the disappearance of 43 students latched onto an offhand remark by the attorney general at a press conference this week, turning it into a rallying cry against corruption and impunity among Mexican se...

No apologies need: Boykin 4 TDs for No. 6 TCU in a 41-20 victory over No. 9 Kansas State