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GAZIANTEP, Turkey -- Mohammed Saad, a Syrian activist, was imprisoned by the Islamic State group, hung by his arms and beaten regularly. Then one day, his jailors quickly pulled him and other prisoners down and hid them ...

US embassy says its nationals are missing after local media reported 3 Americans kidnapped by militias in Baghdad.

The 30-year-old Briton was with a group of friends when he leapt into the water in Brisbane "for a bit of fun" and "to cool down".

"Well, my relationship with him, it's -- it's interesting"

South Korea says North Korea has launched an estimated 1 million propaganda leaflets by balloon into the South amid increased tensions between the rivals following the North's recent nuclear test. …

The turbulent talks were punctuated by high diplomatic drama and near-collapses before a deal for a prisoner release was finalized.

British Prime Minister David Cameron came under fire Monday after publishing an op-ed piece hinting that immigrant Muslim women should be considered for deportation if they don't improve their English. Cameron, writing i...

British prosecutors say 4 men inspired by Islamic State group plotted to murder a police officer or soldier on the streets of London

Heavy snowfall has swept northwestern Turkey, grounding hundreds of flights, disrupting ground transport and closing schools in Istanbul

Philippine officials said Monday they received two intimidating radio warnings identified as from the Chinese navy when they flew a Cessna plane close to a Chinese-constructed island in the South China Sea. …

MOUNT VERNON, Ohio -- A police officer was found dead behind the municipal building in Danville, Ohio, and a suspect is in custody, authorities said Monday. Danville Officer Thomas Cottrell was found dead on the ground b...

None of the three presidential candidates at the Democratic debate Sunday night appeared to understand the controversy over encryption technology that, in recent months, has pitted top national security officials against...

An Afghan official says the second round of four-country talks aimed at bringing an end to the war by charting a roadmap to peace are set to begin in Kabul. …

The Central Park horse carriage industry would be significantly reduced and pedicabs would be prohibited from operating below 85th Street under a deal announced late Sunday by the de Blasio administration.

Following is a transcript of the Democratic debate, as transcribed by the Federal News Service.

Global leaders are urged to crackdown on tax-dodging by the rich which is depriving poorer countries of cash, says Oxfam.

Buying a high-sugar drink or snack in a hospital in England will cost more - a move which aims to "improve the country's health".

Police say a suspect in an armed robbery at a St. Louis fast-food restaurant was killed in a shooting with a police officer

Anne Swaney was found dead Friday.

A Swedish doctor has been charged with drugging, raping and kidnapping a woman he allegedly imprisoned for six days in a windowless cement bunker, Stockholm's chief prosecutor says.

The boy got an experience that would make any football fan jealous.

Dozens of Muslim employees at a Wisconsin manufacturer say they are now out of a job after the company changed its prayer-on-the-job policy.