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Why must we feed this obsession and give up common sense and taste?

BBC Social Affairs reporter John McManus looks at the use of blasphemy laws across the world, and a new campaign to challenge them.

Russia's Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile is set for a drop test this year and a test launch within a year and a half of the drop test, Russian defense sources told ITAR-TASS on Thursday. The new missile is set ...

The Philippines holds a day of mourning for 44 police commandos killed in a clash with Muslim rebels, as police sought terror suspects.

A gunman stormed a Dutch CNN affiliate on Thursday and demanded to be put on air.

French teachers on the frontline after Charlie Hebdo attack

The policy is working

ISMAILIA, Egypt

Two pilots have set a new world distance record for a flight in a helium balloon after crossing the Pacific Ocean.

Germany's Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung foundation had planned a forum discussing media restrictions but called it off after request from junta Thailand's junta has forced a German foundation to cancel a prominent forum on me...

Police forces in England and Wales lack the capability to investigate corruption among their officers and staff, says Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary.

A convicted murderer who is mentally disabled was executed Thursday night in Texas, after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to step in.

Sky News speaks to families caught up in a war that has killed thousands, as the EU agrees fresh sanctions over the crisis.

Two sons of late King Abdullah relieved of responsibilities and heads of intelligence and other key agencies replaced.

Detectives probe motives of man who gained access to NOS headquarters and demanded air time before arrest by police.

With California gripped by a measles outbreak, Dr. Charles Goodman posted a clear notice in his waiting room and on Facebook: His practice will no longer see children whose parents won't get them vaccinated.

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Intensified fighting in the country's east displaces increasing number of civilians as it destroys homes.

A new study reveals one more consequence of our messing with the environment

The London Mayor says terrorists are "tortured" young men who are "rejected by women" and are "in desperate need of self-esteem".

Between sobs, and minutes after her husband was killed, a Ukrainian woman tells CNN she wants vengeance.

The potential investment hints at a larger battle to grab real estate on your phone's homescreen