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China has created three new military bodies as part of reforms to modernize its military and improve its fighting capacity. …

The video shows a clip of Trump calling for a ban on Muslims entering the US.

Four attackers and two Indian soldiers believed killed in gun battle in northern Punjab state bordering Pakistan.

Surveillance footage appears to show the moment a shooter opened fire near a pub in Tel Aviv.

Stephen Hewett-Brown, 25, helped a resident escape a broken elevator on the Lower East Side shortly before he was crushed, witnesses said.

Israeli police and special forces continue hunt for gunman who killed 2 in Tel Aviv day before

Saudi Arabia executed a prominent Shi’ite Muslim cleric and dozens of al Qaeda members on Saturday, signaling it would not tolerate attacks by either sunni jihadists or minority shi’ites seeking equality, but stirrin...

A man who died after being attacked by his own dog was having an epileptic seizure when he was hurt by the animal, police say.

Shia cleric Nimr al Nimr was among 47 people executed in Saudi Arabia after being convicted of terrorism offences.

A city councilman fed up with police from other counties racing after small-time crooks in his Jackson, Mississippi, neighborhood has called for residents to throw things at officers in pursuit.

Footage showing the damaged insides of a Dubai hotel which caught fire on New Year's Eve is released by the authorities.

A spokeswoman for the family of a man whose plane clipped one building before crashing into another in Alaska said Friday his death was a suicide.

A 30-year-old is in hospital in a serious condition after being attacked by a shark while swimming off Miall Island, near Yeppoon A man has been attacked by a shark while swimming off central Queensland. Related: Beaches...

The move to provide medically-supervised centres aims to cut drug deaths amid steps to relax the Republic's laws on narcotics.

Melbourne mountain guide Stuart Jason Hollaway and his partner, Dale Amanda Thistlewaite, were found roped together after falling to their deaths Two Australian climbers have been killed in a fall on a mountain in New Ze...

Breweries and drink manufacturers are urged to take action, as only 10% of Britons know how many calories are in a pint.

President Barack Obama reportedly is planning to take executive action to close the so-called "gun show loophole" in federal gun laws. A White House spokesman says that "our policy folks, our lawyers, and our experts" ha...

As water levels recede in Missouri and Illinois, communities prepare for possible flooding and Exxon Mobil closes a refinery near Memphis Residents of southern states along the Mississippi river are braced for the floodi...

Lee Bo, the chief editor of a Hong Kong firm known for producing books on Chinese politics has become the company's fifth employee to go missing A Hong Kong employee of a publishing firm known for producing books critica...

It looked like Coney Island on a particularly festive summer day, except that it was Jan. 1, when thousands of people flock to the seaside to start their year off the right way -- with an unseasonal ocean swim.

Tens of thousands of Algerians attend the burial of national independence hero Hocine Ait-Ahmed in his home village.

UK soldiers who fought in the Iraq War may face prosecution for war crimes, according to the head of a unit investigating alleged abuses.