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The Latest: Police say several suspects holed up in Paris apartment, several officers injured.

Why India needs to stop picking on Nepal, and why Nepal needs to show New Delhi it is serious about mending relations

Authorities are investigating two crime scenes and have a suspect in custody after six people were found dead in Anderson County, Texas.

No group has so far claimed responsibility, though Boko Haram has attacked the regional capital in the past

Much of the world agrees the Islamic State must be crushed. But how that can be accomplished, and what the consequences may be, is more complicated.

NEW ORLEANS -- An animal rights group is suing to get a chimpanzee named Candy out of an amusement park where, it says, she smokes cigarettes and is given soft drinks instead of water. Candy is isolated in an inadequate ...

At least 12 killed as thunderstorms sweep through northern and western Saudi Arabia, bringing floods to many cities.

An Italian priest was attacked in a northern Bangladesh town on Wednesday by three people on a motorbike and hospitalized with head and neck injuries, the third such recent attack in the country. …

Paris police: raiding apartment where several suspects holed up; several officers injured

New data from FDA and CDC researchers suggests chewing tobacco or snus can increase exposure to harmful substances

President Barack Obama called on China to halt land reclamation and construction in the disputed South China Sea in his latest show of support for Southeast Asian nations unnerved by China's assertiveness in the region. ...

Strong winds are causing problems for firefighters

Tourism has fallen significantly in Sousse since the June attacks that claimed 38 lives

Pigeons are big background actors in Hollywood

Courting big business in Asia, Obama presses for action to finish global climate pact

One or more suspects believed to linked to Friday' attacks holed up in apartment in northern suburb, police say.

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal on Tuesday evening became the third governor (current or former) to drop out of the Republican primary race for president. It's not exactly surprising; he had raised little money and never wen...

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Mayor Rahm Emanuel's administration is seeking a $21 million transfer tax payment if the sale of the Chicago Skyway's operator goes through. Three Canadian pension funds have agreed to purchase the operator of the Southe...

The U.S. has apologized for internment

Farida Talbi lives in the Rue Gabriel Péri. At four-thirty this morning, her husband woke her up. RATTATATTA. And then again. RATTATATTA. Gunfire.

Calling ISIS "religious" is a dangerous oversimplification