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The Australian Federal Police defend their role in the 2005 arrest of the Bali Nine drug smuggling gang, after two were executed in Indonesia.

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A number of women and girls recently rescued by the Nigerian army from Boko Haram camps in Borno state appear to be pregnant, local media said. Unofficial reports said 214 female captives out of the 234 freed from the Sa...

Magnitude-5.6 earthquake jolts New Zealand's South Island; no initial reports of major damage

Gun salutes are to take place at Hyde park and the Tower of London later to mark the birth of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's baby girl.

Bookies face a huge payout if the royal baby is called Charlotte, Alice or Diana, as honorary gun salutes are to be fired later.

Aleen Bayard, LEED Green Associate, is the managing partner of Footprint Partners, a consulting practice specializing in leadership, change management and communication services for organizations committed to sustainabil...

Many in Britain rejoiced on Monday after Kensington Palace announced that Britain's new princess would be named Charlotte Elizabeth Diana.

A ship carrying almost 200 tons of ammonium nitrate sank off the coast of Puntarenas, Costa Rica, on Saturday, causing the government to set up a 60-mile-long safety zone. Costa Rica declares emergency after ship carryin...

Biden touts community policing at NAACP dinner, says police, communities must 'see each other'

Philippine military chief confirms wanted Filipino bomb-maker with $1 million bounty killed

Australian prime minister says Europeans are seeking advice on stopping migrant boats

In Yemen, new pro-government forces have arrived in the port city of Aden, leading some to believe that they are ground troops from the Saudi-led coalition brought in to fight the Houthi rebels. Mysterious new force emer...

WASHINGTON -- Ben Carson, retired neurosurgeon turned conservative star, has confirmed that he will seek the Republican presidential nomination in 2016. Carson, who has never run for public office, is...

Curfew lifted, National Guard troops withdrawn after protests over death of black man in police custody subside.

Two South Korean men are facing trial in North Korea. North Korea accuses them of being spies. CNN's Will Ripley reports.

The cause of death was severe head trauma and hypovolemic shock, or bleeding

An avian virus related to one that has killed 440 people in Asia is cutting through the Midwest. But experts say the risk to humans is low.

In college we made a bet to see who would be first to buy a minivan. If we could remember what we bet, I would've lost.

South Asia Correspondent, Justin Rowlatt, is the first reporter to visit what is thought to be the worst-affected village of Langtang.

America's meat industry has fought for decades against changes to the nation's official dietary recommendations that would suggest limiting meat consumption as part of a healthy diet. Now, the companies that represent pl...

Protease inhibitors may help in the fight against a deadly disease that's killing millions of bats.