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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

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

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...

At least 32 civilians are killed in the attack that targeted the Al-Shaar neighbourhood in Aleppo city's east.

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...

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

Israel struggles to counter new wave of Palestinian rock-throwing attacks in Jerusalem

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...

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

(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...

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 ...

In a move that brings 4chan "full circle," founder Christopher Poole sold the popular anonymous message board to Hiroyuki Nishimura, he announced Monday. "Hiroyuki is a pioneer in the world of anonymous communities, and ...

Pope marks special anniversary and flies to Cuba's east coast to pray before beloved virgin

A super PAC supporting Ohio Gov. John Kasich’s campaign is out with a new ad seeking to contrast his record with Donald Trump’s bluster. The new ad for the GOP presidential candidate features footage of the same mode...

The U.S. is leaving behind the Afghans and Iraqis who helped it wage war

Hillary Clinton's lead in the Democratic presidential primary race has grown -- and if Vice President Joe Biden decides to stay out of the race, her numbers would rise even higher, a new CNN/ORC poll shows.

The struggle over Al-Aqsa Mosque is a colonial and not a religious one, Palestinian experts say.