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Four military police officers fatally shot five youths on Sunday and allegedly tampered with crime scene in latest incident in city's long list of police killings Four military police officers in Rio de Janeiro have been...

Progress on climate change hinges on placing women at the center of the COP21 agenda

At least 56 people arrested this year on charges related to their attempts to join or aid ISIL, a new report has found.

US president Barack Obama said on Tuesday that any agreement on climate change must not only help the environment but also allow economies to thrive. Obama admitted that such a deal would be hard, but called on people to...

A woman was arrested Tuesday in a Paris suburb for suspected links to an intermediary to the only man charged in connection the Paris attacks, according to two officials close to the investigation. …

The Russian-annexed peninsula of Crimea remains in the dark. Russian leaders have promised power will soon be restored, while Ukrainian activists say they are moving on to a sea blockade to completely isolate the annexed...

Prosecutors ask judge to dismiss involuntary manslaughter charges against 2 BP rig supervisors

Lack of audio, claims of deleted video among questions in teen's shooting by Chicago officer

Task force says Menzel drawing was looted by Nazis, 5th such finding in German art trove

Police described Bijan Ebrahimi, killed by vigilante neighbour, as 'trouble-making' and ignored pleas for help, jury hears A vulnerable disabled man, murdered in a vigilante attack after police failed to protect him, had...

At least 100 fighters of ISIL-affiliated group are killed and stocks of weapons are seized in the military operation.

Spain's Constitutional Court has rejected a Catalan regional parliament resolution setting a road map for independence from Spain by 2017. …

A man jumped inside a polar bear pit Wednesday at the Copenhagen Zoo, forcing zookeepers to fire rubber bullets at the 621-kilogram (1,369-pound) bear so they could rescue him. …

It happened at Munich in 1972 when the brutal murder of 11 Israelis overshadowed the Olympic Games.

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For the last year and a half, Ben Schlappig has been essentially homeless. The 25-year-old American has no fixed address, nor the keys to his own front door. Why bother paying rent, he figured, when a bed was only ever a...

As Obama pushes climate deal in Paris, Congress tries to stop carbon limits on US power plants

Ex-death row inmate Mumia Abu-Jamal, 61, wins court hearing over medical care

Judge grants divorce to Mississippi same-sex couple after state Supreme Court clears the way

Clinton calls for US to address lingering 'injustices' in speech commemorating bus boycott

Mexico weathered a record eastern Pacific hurricane season with almost no deaths and relatively little damage, given the intensity of this year's storms. …

Some pet owners treat their canines like their kids. This couldn't be more evident in a round up of the year's most popular dog names: According to a recent survey by Rover.com, 49 percent of pet owners gave their pup a ...