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Becky G, singer of bubbly hit ???Shower??? and sultry single, ???Can???t Stop Dancing,??? is positioned for mainstream success.

"We'll be back" banners proclaimed on the 75th and final day of the pro-democracy protests that have rocked the city. Is the "Umbrella Movement" dead and buried or will it rise again?

The hanging death of a black teenager in a small North Carolina town will be probed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the agency said on Friday, after his family questioned a finding by local authorities that it wa...

Sierra Leone plans to ban parties and other festivities over the Christmas and New Year's holidays and to launch a "surge" to cut the risk of Ebola spreading further in the West African country now with the most infectio...

Investigations in Bangalore follow Channel 4 report on alleged operator of "most followed" pro-ISIL Twitter handle.

Indian police detain man believed to be popular Islamic State Twitter supporter

Afghan police say senior official of the country's Supreme Court shot dead by gunmen in Kabul

Landslide caused by heavy rains in central Indonesia hills kills 8 people; 100 missing

In an effort to console a young boy who was mourning the death of his dog, the Pope confirmed that dogs, with the rest of God's creatures, can and do go to heaven.

Over the past 24 hours, photos showing a plainclothes police officer pulling a gun on unarmed protesters in Oakland have gone viral. Tens of thousands of people, and news outlets like Gawker, Buzzfeed, The Guardian, and ...

UN backs agreement for NATO to train, advise and assist Afghan security forces starting Jan. 1

Annual UN meeting on global warming extended in Peru as delegates are split over issues including greenhouse gas cuts.

President Barack Obama told the media he's "doing fine," after seeking treatment earlier this month for a sore throat caused by acid reflux. "It's a classic example of, if it weren't for the press pool, nobody would know...

With Ukraine bond purchase, Putin gets the upper hand.

WASHINGTON

In talks with Netanyahu, Europeans, Kerry seeks to avert UN crisis over Israel-Palestinians

US embargo stalled payment to Cuba doctors fighting Ebola in Sierra Leone

National Action Network says debt statistics are outdated

Sitting under a paper sign reading "Offender Sit Here," he unspooled the story of his life: a childhood with alcoholic parents, the rapes and murders that put him on death row for a time, and now, after spending more tha...

WASHINGTON -- They're not "Ready for Hillary" -- but they're getting prepared for hard-charging liberal Elizabeth Warren. In an open swipe at Hillary Clinton, more than 300 operatives from President...

Prosecutors in Bosnia on Friday indicted 15 ethnic Serb soldiers and police officers with several war crimes, including murder, rape and looting during the country's inter-ethnic war in 1992. The suspects allegedly kille...

Eight people confirmed dead and search under way for scores of others after mudslide buries homes in Java province.