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Al Jazeera speaks to a witness who watched dramatic events of 26 September 2014, when 43 students went missing.

Ban also includes Seat, Skoda and others VW Group brands which may have devices designed to tricking emission tests.

The Defense Department has responded to mounting allegations that U.S. soldiers were told to ignore Afghan troops abusing children by insisting there was "no such policy" at the time. But lawmakers and those who served ...

Russia exchanges Estonian convicted of spying for man who passed secrets to Moscow

As UN peacekeeping veers toward counterterrorism, US urges Europe to donate high-tech skills

Kurdish rebels, civilians and soldiers killed after PKK launches attacks on security forces, authorities say.

China's state-owned English language paper says George Osborne displayed pragmatism by not raising human rights issues.

Saudi official says 769 people died in Thursday's Hajj stampede, as top religious leader backs state's response.

Top religious leader says authorities not responsible for deadly crush, adding that "fate and destiny are inevitable".

Two journalists from the Agence France-Presse

Thai firefly nighttime cruise turns tragic as boats collide, killing Hungarian tourist

A duck boat that was involved in a deadly crash in Seattle killing four students had not gone under state inspection for at least 12 years, according to a published report.

The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has remanded a post 9/11 terrorism case on the grounds that the FBI withheld evidence of its 2002 investigation into the first American on the CIA's kill or captu...

Military officials, who days before had denied reports of the handover, called the disclosure "very concerning" and a violation of guidelines.

About 20,000 people attend communion at Madison Square Gardens after pontiff had earlier addressed the United Nations.

The announcement was welcomed by conservationists, who, citing its detrimental impact on wildlife, have long been pushing for an all-out ban.

Authorities say rapper Fetty Wap has been injured in a motorcycle crash in his northern New Jersey hometown. Paterson Police Director Jerry Speziale said the 25-year-old Wap was being treated at a hospital for undisclose...

Mildred Blount was the 'Milliner to the Stars!'--but she didn't always get credit

From mom hoping for healing to 'Francis groupie,' pilgrims throng to Philadelphia to see pope

The Latest: Castro hails US-Cuba thaw, sees continued blockade main obstacle to development

Coalition-issued pickup trucks and ammunition have fallen into the hands of al Qaeda-linked forces in Syria, U.S. officials said Friday.

When I was growing up in Iraq, math was an everyday part of life.