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The practice is common in Afghanistan

Pope Francis on Sunday called on society to protect its "smallest" and most vulnerable members, including the unborn.

In the chaotic fight against Ebola last August, 10 critical mistakes made by WHO and others

Moldova's central bank governor quits after protest over $1.5 bln which disappeared from banks

The deaths of a couple in a house fire in Derbyshire are being treated as suspicious, police have said.

"Our team is still coming to terms with what has happened"

With more than 500,000 migrants entering the EU this year, the German chancellor warns her partners ahead of Wednesday's emergency meeting A divided European leadership will try to seek a credible response to the contine...

Tropical Storm Ida getting stronger in Atlantic; tropical depression brining rain to Mexico

It's not President Obama's M.O. to pick people up at the airport, but for the pope he'll make an exception. When Pope Francis touches down at a military base outside of Washington, D.C., on Tuesday afternoon, the preside...

Intervening in the sexual abuse of children is a punishable offense for U.S. soldiers and Marines working in Afghanistan, even when the abusers are American allies, The New York Times reports. The practice of sexual abus...

Russian president assures Israel its actions in Middle East will be 'responsible' despite concerns over military presence in Syria Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel's prime minister, has met the Russian president, Vladimir Puti...

91-year-old German woman charged on allegations she served with SS at Auschwitz death camp

No poverty, hunger in 15 years? UN sets sweeping new goals for increasingly fragile world

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) was on Stephen Colbert's Late Show on Friday, and Colbert asked the liberal, socialist Democratic presidential candidate about people calling him a liberal and a socialist: "Why will you not a...

Thousands more migrants have arrived in Austria as EU leaders prepare for a fresh push to find a co-ordinated response to the crisis.

Officers are being advised on the warning signs of abuse, amid concerns some do not take the right approach with vulnerable women.

Northern California wildfire destroys another 162 homes, brings total up to 1,050

Vietnam frees high-profile blogger, US presses for more to be released

(Reuters) - Republican Governor Scott Walker of Wisconsin plans to drop out of the 2016 presidential race, a Republican source familiar with the decision said on Monday, in a precipitous collapse from serious contender t...

Caroline Noakes to launch parliamentary investigation into industry after 30,000 people sign petition demanding fashion week health checks MPs are to investigate whether very thin models should be banned from British cat...

BOSTON -- The mother of a young girl dubbed Baby Doe and identified almost three months after her remains washed up in a trash bag on a Boston Harbor beach...

Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton's plans for this evening include a high-dollar fundraising event in Baton Rouge, a party that will be hosted by businessman Jim Bernhard. Bernhard was previously CEO of a Fortune 500 ...