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New Zealand 'Pastafarians' approved to conduct marriages as officials grapple with odd group

China accused the U.S. Saturday of a serious military provocation following the flight of an American B-52 strategic bomber over China's disputed territory in the South China Sea.

President Obama on Friday granted Christmastime commutations to a record 95 federal prisoners -- including 40 who had been serving life sentences, mostly for crack and cocaine crimes. Almost all of those being freed are ...

Strike took place as Iraqi soldiers battled militants near Fallujah Reports of death toll range from one to 25 Airstrike could complicate U.S. offer of more military support …

President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama met privately with the families of all 14 people killed in the Dec. 2 mass shooting in San Bernardino, California, The New York Times reports. "Even as we are vigilant about ...

An Afghan civil society leader says hundreds of men marched through a central provincial capital to call for the reinstatement of their woman governor, who was reappointed last week. …

Nigeria: Soldiers sentenced to death for mutiny given reprieves, now get 10 years' jail

Pentagon chief: US strike that killed Iraqi soldiers seems to be 'mistake' involving 2 sides

At least three people were killed and seven others injured after a car bomb exploded Saturday in the Somali capital Mogadishu, according to reports. Police reportedly said that the death toll from the explosion, which wa...

Swiss prosecutors say they have opened a criminal investigation against a senior member of a Muslim advocacy group over a video he made, allegedly for propaganda purposes, of a trip to Syria. …

Rwandans vote yes for amendment to the constitution to allow President Kagame to contest further elections after 2017.

Prime minister backs out of latest round in war of words which saw Putin resort to jibes about the US and Islam.

Turkish media reports that 18 died and 14 were rescued after boat capsized in the Aegean Sea, between Turkey and Greece.

China's tourism authority is naming and shaming another five tourists for bad behavior and says it is working with airlines on a possible flying ban. …

Conservative party leader apologises after jokingly comparing the colour of a Nigerian student to that of coal.

The U.N. Security Council's unanimous support of a peace process for Syria that is set to begin next month with government-opposition talks and a cease-fire represents its strongest gesture yet in support of a solution t...

The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee is raising new questions about the visa granted to Tashfeen Malik, saying she may not have met a core requirement.

Hillary Clinton's about-face on charter schools has some major donors threatening to close their checkbooks. Among them is Eli Broad, a billionaire philanthropist and charter-school advocate who, according to The Wall St...

WASHINGTON -- Sen. Bernie Sanders' campaign declared war on the Democratic National Committee Friday, filing a federal lawsuit to get access to its own voter files stored on DNC computers after a stunning data breach. Th...

Martin Shkreli, the boyish pharmaceutical entrepreneur who was arrested on Thursday for what U.S. prosecutors said was a Ponzi-like scheme, started a live stream on YouTube on Friday after returning home. Two hours into ...

The final Democratic presidential debate of the year will be hosted Saturday night by ABC News and will feature the remaining three candidates: former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermo...