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This is what's left of the Syrian village of Halimce after fierce fighting between Kurdish forces and ISIS. The Kurds dealt the terrorists a blow after killing scores of jihadists...

The Army hopes 77 Brigade will shape the behaviour of the enemy and local populations using non-lethal methods like social media.

While many retirees take up interesting hobbies when they leave the workforce, Su Daocheng, 60, might be able to claim the title of most unusual post-work activity - designing a rideable robotic horse. 

Nine babies who survived a gas explosion at a Mexican hospital are given DNA testing so they can be reunited with their parents.

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Ohio will delay the executions of seven death row inmates while searching for an adequate supply of drugs that complies with its new execution protocol, the state's Department of Rehabilitation and Correction said Friday...

Eugene de Kock was the most notorious assassin of South Africa's apartheid era, commanding a death squad that kidnapped, tortured and killed black activists.

Pilot had left seat to try to reset flight control system, Reuters reports Co-pilot then lost control but the captain was unable to save the plane The captain of the AirAsia jet that crashed into the sea in December was ...

Mitt Romney's announcement Friday that he will not run for president a third time has reset the budding 2016 field - with political strategists saying his exit could position Jeb Bush as establishment favorite while help...

High school graduates will be forced to serve in the country's armed forces until the age of 23, sources inside the country tell Daily NK North Korea is making military service mandatory for young women in a bid to stren...

Mary Cheney wants to know why it isn't "socially acceptable" for a white person to "put on blackface and act out offensive stereotypes of African-Americans" if drags queens are allowed to imitate female stereotypes?

Greece's new finance minister flatly refuses to extend the controversial bailout or co-operate with international inspectors.

The British Liver Trust says it is the third most common cause of premature death and a "ticking time bomb" that can't be ignored.

More measles cases have been found in California, health officials said Friday.

EU financial commissioner Pierre Moscovici tells the BBC that Greece belongs in the eurozone, and vows to prevent a "Grexit".

Kanagasabapathy Sripavan becomes the first member of the minority community to hold the post in more than two decades.

Islamic State has its heartland in Iraq and Syria, but recent reports suggest it is building a presence in Afghanistan and Pakistan. M Ilyas Khan asks how worried should people be.

Abu Malik's death could "temporarily degrade" the jihadist group's ability to produce chemical weapons, the US military says.

The United States has proposed analyzing genetic information from more than 1 million American volunteers as part of a new initiative to understand human disease and develop medicines targeted to an individual's genetic ...

Peshmerga forces unleash fire power against Islamic State just southwest of the Iraqi city of Kirkuk. IS has frequently battled Iraqi security forces and Shi'ite militias further south and west, but attacks in and around...

Some of the soldiers killed in Thursday's attacks on checkpoints and police and army bases in Egypt's Sinai peninsula have been laid to rest.