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F-16 fighter jets escorted two passenger planes into Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport on Saturday after a bomb threat made on Twitter was deemed credible, according to military officials.

The World Health Organization sets out plans for reform, admitting it was too slow to respond to the "horrific" Ebola outbreak in West Africa.

Egypt: Officials raise to 9 death toll in clashes between Islamists, police in Cairo district.

Police arrest a boy aged 16 and an 18-year-old man after an attempt was made to force a taxi driver from his vehicle using a machete.

Officers killed in clashes with Moro Islamic Liberation Front fighters in country's south, putting peace deal at risk.

Water cuts and blackouts have spread across large areas of south-east Brazil as a result of the worst drought in the country since 1930. The drought has hit Brazil's three most populous states: São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro...

Militant attacks on the national grid leave 140 million people without electricity, with many still waiting for power to return.

ISIS appears to have beheaded one of its Japanese hostages and is demanding the release of a convicted terrorist in Jordan to spare the other.

Baroness Warsi says the Government has failed to effectively engage with Britain's three-million strong Muslim community.

(Reuters) - Central African Republic's minister for youth and sport was kidnapped on Sunday by gunmen in the capital, Bangui, as he returned from church, an official said. The seizure of Armel Ningatoloum Sayo follows th...

A woman was hurt after a car crashed into a CTA bus stop shelter and rolled over on the Northwest Side early Sunday morning, police said.

Deloitte's report showed the Premier League is the richest in the world. So shouldn't its teams be doing better in the FA Cup and in European competitions?• Deloitte reveals world wealth rankings of football clubs It w...

The woman who accused Jameis Winston of rape is going public with her side of the story.

Pamela Gardner has your latest weather forecast.

Committee says impact of coalition's multibillion pound converter academy programme for raising performance in England is 'inconclusive' The government's flagship policies for improving schools - encouraging them to conv...

NEW YORK -- Mike Krzyzewski earned his 1,000th career win Sunday, making him the first NCAA Division I men's coach to reach the milestone, when No. 5 Duke surged past St. John's in the second half for a 77-68 victory at ...

'This is essentially using a mosquito as a drug to cure disease'

Frontline joins the pack of anti-Russian demonizers with this transparently dishonest piece of journalism that far from presenting a reliable portrait of President Putin injects the viewer with a multitude of prejudices ...

The Flower of Hope or common snowdrop, Galanthus nivalis, is showing itself in gardens and will soon be attracting visitors to woodlands and churchyards, where these first flowers of spring can grow in carpets of white. ...

"The Hunting Ground," a documentary about sexual assaults on campuses, drew gasps at a Sundance Film Festival viewing.

Images of shot Egypt protester on eve of uprising anniversary revive focus on police violence

No. 14 Wichita State breezes past Drake 74-40, wins 26th straight conference game