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Saturday's attack in the Turkish capital is as close to Turkey's 9/11 as the country has gotten. Twin bombings in downtown Ankara, across from the city's busy central train station and only minutes from key government bu...

95 people were killed in the attack

Comedian Miles Jupp, new host of Radio 4's News Quiz, talks about the onus of taking over from Sandi Toksvig and broadening his acting horizons Miles Jupp, 36, started performing comedy at Edinburgh University and won th...

Sarena Moore, one of the shooting victims at Oregon's Umpqua Community College, died next to her service dog. That dog is now a comfort to her grieving fiance.

Israeli airstrike reportedly hits house as US calls for restraint over week-long violence in Jerusalem, Gaza Strip and West Bank An Israeli airstrike on a Hamas target in the Gaza Strip on Sunday brought down a nearby ho...

Iraqi air force claims hit on IS leader al-Baghdadi, defense ministry probing report

Alexander Lukashenko set to secure fifth term as president, in vote which opposition says will be neither free nor fair.

The death toll from a massive landslide that covered much of a small village in Guatemala has reached 271, the country's public ministry said Saturday.

While polls show a majority of Russians back strikes against IS the picture is much more complex, writes Sarah Rainsford.

Syrian troops advance as Putin defends Russian strikes

A loud explosion in Kabul is being reported as a suicide bombing against a foreign troop convoy, according to Afghan television.

What the ABC News political team is tracking in the days ahead.

Russia's long-range missile strikes against targets in Syria have prompted aviation safety authorities to issue a safety alert to airlines flying in Iraq, Iran, and over the Caspian Sea amid growing concerns about the ri...

Albuquerque is hosting its International Balloon Fiesta, which has seen dozens of balloons of all shapes and sizes take to the skies.

Family and friends of the man who was bit by a shark while surfing on Oahu's North Shore said Saturday he lost most of his leg in the attack.

"Justice or Else" was the theme of a rally Saturday organized by Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan to mark the 20th anniversary of the Million Man March.

So, you thought the U.S. military pulled out of Afghanistan?

New leads are uncovered by police in Cambridgeshire trying to solve the murder of a man 25 years ago whose body has never been found.

Vice President Joe Biden is meeting with friends and family this weekend to discuss a potential presidential run, but likely won't announce a decision until well after the Democratic debate...

Ah, remember the good old days when Republicans only hated Democrats? Now they hate each other, too. And apparently with even more venom. The chew-'em-up-and-spit-'em-out orgy in the House is...

Labour says figures show schools are facing chronic shortages of teachers - but the Tories accuse the party of "scaremongering".

Prosecutor inisists 'we are not reaching any conclusions' and evidence-gathering goes on after Kimberly A Crawford and Lamar Sims say officer acted reasonably A white Cleveland police officer was justified in fatally sho...