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Mopping up operations are the next step, according to army spokesman

PHILADELPHIA -- For more than 100 years, the cloistered nuns known as the Pink Sisters have worked in shifts to ensure nonstop prayer in Philadelphia’s Chapel of Divine Love. Now, to address their shrinking numbers and...

California wildfire 75 percent contained; landslides are new concern

On Sunday, at least 15 people were killed after Boko Haram extremists opened fire and detonated explosive belts in a village near the city of Maiduguri in northeast Nigeria. Nigerian army repels Boko Haram attack near Ma...

Despite President Obama's nuclear deal with Iran that provides a gradual easing of decades of crippling economic sanctions, senators are fighting to renew a vital law that would preserve the sanctions option should Iran ...

The explosion bears the hallmarks of Boko Haram

A Cape Town fire department spokesman says nine people were killed in fires in the South African city over the weekend. …

Russia imposes sanctions on Turkey and marginalises Turkish interests in Russia to its own detriment.

Activists welcome China's 1st domestic violence law, but warn it doesn't cover gay couples

Authorities in Southern California have arrested a man who allegedly doused a woman in gasoline and set her on fire during a Christmas Day domestic dispute.

Interior ministry says explosion happened at airport's eastern gate, which is used by NATO troops.

Weeks of persistent rainfall has swollen the rivers to record levels

Dozens of senior Chinese officials are now being probed by anti-graft investigators

Several people died when Nigeria's army repelled an attack Sunday by suspected Boko Haram fighters on a village near the northeastern city of Maiduguri, residents and military sources told Reuters. The Associated Press r...

Missouri's governor has declared a state of emergency because of widespread flooding that has led to at least eight fatalities.

Mr. Kelly, who shaped his distinctive style of American painting in the years after World War II, showed influences of Picasso and Byzantine mosaics.

Kanai Das has the face of an Indian God — and the wallet of a poor man. A rare condition called neurofibromatosis has left the 42-year-old with pachyderm-like features, which has made some worship him as a real life Lo...

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Elderly man arrested on suspicion of murder after woman shot dead in UK nursing home

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Man fatally shot at fast-food restaurant in Virginia; police say no suspect or motive