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Greece's extreme left-wing Syriza party appears poised to win the largest share of seats in legislative elections Sunday in a closely watched political battle that could energize other grass-roots anti-austerity movement...

Any hopes of salvaging September's ceasefire in East Ukraine seemed to disappear Friday as pro-Russian separatists mounted a major offensive on Ukrainian Army-held positions in Donetsk. Early indications from NATO sugges...

Chicago, the great Nelson Algren wrote in "City on the Make," is an outlaw's capital, a town with hustler's blood, a town of bone-deep grudges, "a backstreet, backslum loudmouth."

China is making good on its announcement to step up its cyberspace security with a nationwide overhaul of tech devices and Internet control. The country announced that it has "upgraded" its notoriously strict Internet ce...

(Reuters) - Thousands of Palestinians rallied in the occupied West Bank on Saturday to protest against the publication of cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammad in French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo. Simultaneous dem...

April DeBoer and Jayne Rowse of Hazel Park, Mich., were concerned about custody of their children if either parent died. Their efforts have evolved into a Supreme Court challenge of state bans on same-sex marriage.

Snow is expected to return overnight to most of the Chicago area, with 2-4 inches likely for Chicago and its collar counties, according to the National Weather Service.

Jeffry Hill is accused of passing off wine from surrounding counties as a Napa Valley product and of stealing the grapes of another winery. His company has filed for bankruptcy and is being shut.

King Salman bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud ascended to the Saudi Arabian throne Friday amid one of the most tumultuous times in the Middle East since the Arab Spring. With Iran's growing influence in the region as background, th...

Could be "transitional, if not transformational, moment for the relationship."

The most significant political news from Saudi Arabia this week was not the death of King Abdullah, at the age of ninety, or the ascension of his half-brother Salman to the throne. Abdullah had been ill and Salman had be...

Willy Valentin, 29, was arrested in North Andover and faces robbery and kidnapping charges. He remains in Massachusetts and is awaiting extradition to New Hampshire.

Authorities are looking for two men who tried to lure a boy and a girl into their car by offering them candy and a ride home Tuesday afternoon in the Irving Park neighborhood, police said.

A farmer in Chile has found two mummified animals and claims they may be the remains of the mythical chupacabra.

Unprecedented second visit by US president aimed at consolidating "defining partnerships of the 21st century".

New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick says "climatic conditions" may have been to blame for the footballs being under-inflated Sunday for the AFC Championship game.

Press conferences involving the governor of Kentucky could soon be a lot more interesting, and sarcastic, now that Drew Curtis has announced he'll seek the state's top office. As founder and owner of the website Fark.com...

Boko Haram's ransacking of villages in northeastern Nigeria during the past three weeks has caused a massive displacement of citizens who are now spilling over the borders of two neighboring countries, with the area quic...

(Reuters) - A woman protester was shot dead in central Cairo on Saturday, security sources said, one day before the anniversary of the popular uprising that ousted autocrat Hosni Mubarak in 2011. A security crackdown mou...

(Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama will visit Saudi Arabia on Tuesday to meet its new King Salman after the death of his predecessor Abdullah on Friday, testimony to Riyadh's important role in energy markets and the...

U.S. President Barack Obama and other world leaders Saturday condemned a video allegedly from the Islamic State Group announcing the beheading of one of its two Japanese hostages. Obama, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Ab...

A Russian social worker who founded a support group for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered young people has been convicted and fined under the country's anti-LGBT propaganda law. The case is the latest to draw crit...