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Women earned the right to vote and run in municipal elections in 2011

Japanese whaling ships depart for the controversial annual Antarctic hunt, despite international opposition.

With a mission to kill 333 minke whales, Japan has sent its first whaling ship to the Antarctic Ocean in more than one year.

In Paris on Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin accused Turkey of shooting down a Russian warplane near its border with Syria because the country is involved in oil trade with the Islamic State. "We have every reaso...

So-called white student unions are springing up at universities across Australia, charged with supporting and defending the interests of white students who they say are becoming marginalized from on-campus life and polit...

Police arrested a man after he stole a truck– so he could pick up his girlfriend from jail, incredulous Arizona cops said. Miguel Redshirt drove the truck into the parking lot of the Tempe Police Department and was qui...

Catholic, Prortestant clergy back demands for inquiry into vote Coalition of eight candidates question Oct. 25 results Protests continue over disputed election …

Former PM is second civilian to become president of West African nation after almost three decades of one-man rule.

Prince Charles is to call for better protection of the world's forests at the UN climate conference in Paris.

A year after his 700-page opus "Capital in the Twenty-First Century" stormed to the top of America's best-seller lists, Thomas Piketty is out with a new argument about income inequality. It may prove more controversial t...

TOKYO -- Japanese authorities are investigating nearly a dozen wooden boats carrying decomposing bodies found drifting off the northwestern coast over the past month. Coast Guard officials said Tuesday they have found at...

COMPTON, Calif. -- A Southern California woman who slit the throats of her three children and left their bodies on her bed was convicted Monday of first-degree murder. Carol Ann Coronado, 32, is facing a potential life s...

A mother pleaded guilty in a South African court on Monday to having tried to sell her baby on the Internet for 5,000 rand ($346), the online news service News24 said. “I admit that my actions were wrongful, unlawful a...

Residents of Luxor march in solidarity with the family of Talaat Shabib al-Rashidi who died shortly after arrest.

Donald Trump and Ben Carson may lead in the GOP primary polls, but if one of them actually became the nominee, some Republicans might not vote at all come November 2016. Hillary Clinton's candidacy might also be a disinc...

For the last week, Mayor Rahm Emanuel has been under fire from protesters and fellow elected officials in Chicago -- and from activists and pundits across the country -- to clean up his police department and fire his top...

Turkey's President Erodgan challenges Russia to prove its claim that Ankara shot down a Russian plane to protect oil trade with Islamic State.

A hacker who gained access to the servers of Hong Kong electronic toymaker VTech obtained more than just the email addresses, passwords, and home addresses of nearly 5 million adults -- he or she also found tens of thous...

The newly-elected mayor of Alaska's capital city has been found dead.

It is well known that coal is the world's dirtiest fuel. Yet, it powers most of India's energy needs. CNN's Mallika Kapur gets access deep inside a coal mine in Eastern India and examines what it does to India's bottom l...

Virgin America said it was apologizing to the lawyer, Robert B. Abhtahi, after crew members said they didn't feel comfortable letting him on a flight to Dallas.

After Sheldon Silver was found guilty on Monday, several jurors in the corruption case discussed how they reached their verdict.