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The President calls for protests to stay peaceful in the St Louis suburb ahead of a grand jury decision on a fatal shooting.

Diplomats are to make a final push for a deal on Iran's nuclear programme ahead of a 23:00 GMT deadline, amid talks of a possible extension.

Europeans are worried about a possible continent-wide bird flu epidemic after a wild duck tested positive for the H5N8 virus in northeast Germany, authorities said.

Sydney mother charged with attempted murder of newborn baby allegedly left in drain for 5 days

As London conference looms, aid agency calls on international community to ensure rights of Afghan women are not rolled back• Britain urged to give unstinting support for women's rights in Afghanistan • Afghan women'...

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A banker accused of murdering two Indonesian women, and stuffing one in a suitcase on the balcony of his upmarket flat, is psychologically fit to plea, a court hears.

Former minister Owen Paterson is to call for the UK to exit the EU, putting pressure on the prime minister amid Tory divisions on the issue.

The trial of businessman Shrien Dewani on charges of plotting his wife's murder should be halted and the case thrown out, his lawyers are expected to tell the judge later.

A British man fighting with Kurdish troops against Islamic State militants in Syria tells the BBC he is not a mercenary.

Hopes pinned on Ebola clinical trials in Guinea

World powers and Tehran are discussing possible extension to Monday night deadline as wide gap remains in nuclear talks.

Peru's environmental police launch an investigation into the deaths of some 500 sea lions found on a northern beach.

Mexico summons Uruguay's ambassador over President Mujica's 'failed state' comment

Beji Caid Essebsi, a former prime minister, and Moncef Marzouki, the interim president, were leading but neither expected to win a majority.

BOSTON -- An American priest named by Pope Francis as the Vatican’s sex crimes prosecutor in September was among church officials who failed to report an abusive priest to law...

A fierce battle between ISIS militants and Iraqi military and tribal forces is raging close to the main government complex of Anbar province in the center of Ramadi, the capital city.

Kenyan security forces have killed 100 militants, an official said Sunday, one day after a deadly attack on a bus.

Colombia's Farc rebels warn that military operations where they are holding captured general, Ruben Alzate, may jeopardise his release.

A former British soldier and another British man are fighting with Kurdish troops in Syria against Islamic State (IS) militants, it has emerged.

A summer afternoon at the Reichstag. Soft Berlin light filters down through the great glass dome, past tourists ascending the spiral ramp, and into the main hall of parliament. Half the members' seats are empty. At the l...

One photographer leverages her work for humanitarian good.