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The executive actions are expected to be formally announced Tuesday.

An 8-week-old kitten, who was rescued after being dyed purple and used as a chew toy for a larger animal, is recovering after he had emergency surgery in California during the weekend.

Saudi Arabia's Sunni allies cut back diplomatic ties to Iran Monday after the Saudi diplomatic missions in Tehran were ransacked -- violence sparked by the Saudi execution of a prominent Shiite cleric. Sudan and the tiny...

Cause of fire in Yinchuan early Tuesday under investigation …

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German prosecutors have appealed a suspended six-month sentence given to a far-right politician for displaying a Nazi-style tattoo. …

President Barack Obama on Tuesday will bypass Capitol Hill and unveil a unilateral initiative designed to curb gun violence in the U.S. through a series of executive actions.

'Armed anti-government extremists seizing federal property and expressing a desire to kill and die is a textbook description of domestic terrorism'

Rift between Sunni Saudi Arabia and Shiite Iran has pushed region closer to conflict Turkish prime minister calls on Saudi Arabia and Iran to open 'diplomatic channels …

As deadly gun violence continues, US president's use of executive powers for greater control takes the political stage.

Beijing residents carry on with life as government signals serious anti-pollution efforts in issuing Red Alert for smog.

As ISIS is pushed out of northern Iraq, archaeologists are returning to the area, including at the Neanderthal site in Shanidar Cave.

"It was horror," one woman said

Bill Cosby's fate may come down to a single legal question--which happens to be one of the most controversial and difficult questions in all of criminal law. Last month, a Pennsylvania prosecutor charged Cosby with aggra...

Report: At least 2,466 sentenced to death across world in 2014 Fewer than two dozen nations rely on capital punishment Iran, Saudi Arabia, now at odds, both among leading executioners …

Lawyer Fernando Benitez says the case should have been handled as an extradition, not a deportation

South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley will deliver the Republican response to President Obama's final State of the Union address next week, her office confirmed on Tuesday. Haley, who's considered a potential candidate for vic...

Roman Catholic officials say a Franciscan priest has been freed from captivity in Syria

Pennsylvania councilman barred from taking office because of drug conviction from 23 years ago

In a worrisome trend, teenage girls in Japan are employed at schoolgirl cafes where they don their school uniforms and socialize with older male customers.

London's mayor says a small child shown threatening non-Muslims in a grisly Islamic State video should be taken from his parents if the family ever returns to Britain. …

More than 3,700 migrants died crossing the Mediterranean in an attempt to reach Europe in 2015, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said Tuesday, making it the deadliest year on record for such deaths.