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Police officer gives testimony about bodies of Hannah Witheridge and David Miller who were found dead on a beach on Koh Tao island in September 2014 A Thai police officer who was called to the scene of the killing of two...

Global phenomenon Slide the City is setting up a massive three-lane water slide at Hong Kong's famed old Kai Tak Airport.

The gun used to kill a woman earlier this month on a San Francisco pier was stolen from a federal agent, sources say. The .40-caliber pistol was taken during a car burglary in downtown San Francisco, a source told the Sa...

After being rescued in May when their equipment failed, adventurer James Ketchell and friend Ashley Wilson activate their emergency beacon again Two Englishmen attempting to break the world record for rowing across the I...

Finance minister sends letter to European creditors saying he is prepared to roll out reforms as early as next week.

Infections by parasitic amoeba called Naegleria fowleri are extremely rare in the U.S.

Russia vetoes move at the UN Security Council to describe 1995 Srebrenica massacre of Bosnians as "genocide".

The President of war-torn Syria has accepted a billion-dollar helping hand from his supporters in Iran.

A church run by the popular Nigerian evangelist TB Joshua should be prosecuted after one of its buildings collapsed, killing more than 100 people, a coroner rules.

He said he was thirsty

Some of the great wonders of the world are on the verge of extinction.

BALTIMORE -- Baltimore police say four people have been shot, three fatally, near the University of Maryland, Baltimore, campus. Detective Rashawn K. Strong said in a statement early Wednesday that...

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Train services from south Wales into England are to be disrupted by a 48-hour strike, which begins on Wednesday.

If you’ve been out and about in Manhattan over the past six weeks and you have eyes and ears, you know something's happening -- something worrisome. The urban streetscape is...

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A major power failure plunges large parts of southern Pakistan into darkness on Tuesday night, with Karachi the worst affected.

The DuPage County coroner's office said Tuesday it will not release additional information about a man found dead Thursday afternoon beneath a functioning carnival ride, on the opening day of Ribfest in Naperville.

Russia vetoes a UN resolution condemning the 1995 Srebrenica massacre in Bosnia as a genocide

Mom sues Ohio YMCA, says it excluded boy with Down syndrome despite using him in promotions

"The visit of Pope Francis to the U.S. Capitol is a historic moment for the country"

The latest travel advice as a 24-hour walkout on the Underground coincides with a rail strike which will affect cricket fans.