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Masked terrorists behead four Kurdish fighters in retaliation against a U.S.-led raid on an Islamic State group jail in northern Iraq last week in a new video reportedly released Friday by ISIS fighters. In the video, th...

Dozens killed in violence even as participants in Vienna meeting find enough "common ground" to meet again in two weeks.

Federal authorities on Friday charged the man accused of fatally shooting a preschooler on a New Mexico freeway with violating drug trafficking and firearms laws, saying agents found large amounts of marijuana, four guns...

Police say publisher of secular books has been hacked to death in Bangladesh's capital

South Africa's main opposition party has expelled a prominent member for sharing a Facebook post praising an apartheid leader. …

France's army chiefs move into new 'Pentagon,' high-security base ready for today's threats

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria — Nigeria’s army is posting a photographic collage of 100 wanted Boko Haram militants that features the shadowy leader whom they claim to have killed on at least three occasions. The poster pasted ...

An Egyptian aviation investigation team has reached the site of the crashed Russian passenger jet in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, state-run Nile TV reports.

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan -- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says American special operations troops being sent to Syria will only fight Islamic State militants and won’t become involved in the long-running civil war. Ker...

BUCHAREST, Romania — Survivors of a deadly nightclub fire and stampede in Romania say the soloist of the heavy metal band on stage at first made a joke about the fire before it engulfed the basement club in downtown Bu...

Analysis: China faces mounting pressure over maritime claims but unlikely to change course

Two people are confirmed dead and two others are missing as severe storms plagued Central and Southeast Texas on Friday.

Doctor convicted of murdering 3 patients who overdosed on painkillers she prescribed

Peru-based Catholic society admits founder under investigation for sex abuse after book expose

Son, girlfriend arrested in killings of Connecticut couple whose remains were found in yard

A Los Angeles driver was in a car accident early Friday and rolled his vehicle several times before being tossed 20 feet in the air and landing on a road sign.

Dozens of people were killed after a fire broke out at the Colectiv nightclub in Bucharest, Romania.

France's Mont-Saint-Michel officially becomes an island again, new bridge inaugurated

A lawyer says newly freed Guantanamo Bay prisoner Shaker Aamer wants an independent inquiry to examine whether British officials played a role in his treatment. …

The United States is ramping up its support for Syria's opposition with a pledge of nearly $100 million in fresh aid. …

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- A one-time Alabama Teacher of the Year says she has resigned after state officials told her she’s unqualified to teach in her fifth-grade classroom because of certification issues. Veteran teacher A...

The White House will not release emails exchanged between President Obama and Hillary Clinton from her time as secretary of state, Reuters reports his administration said Friday.The emails between Obama and Clinton, repo...