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Thailand has reported its second confirmed case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, or MERS, detected in a 71-year-old man from Oman who arrived in Bangkok on Friday. …

A 17-year-old boy was charged with four counts of first-degree murder and seven counts of attempted murder in a mass shooting at a school and home in a remote aboriginal community in western Canada, officials said. …

A Syrian activist tells Sky News that the civilian population in Islamic State's self-proclaimed capital are shunning the group.

Three inmates made a daring escape from a Southern California maximum-security jail by cutting through half-inch steel bars and rappelling from the roof by a makeshift rope, authorities said Saturday as the manhunt for t...

Egypt's president pays tribute to 2011 anniversary, says democracy will not come overnight

Despite coast guard patrols, sealing Greek sea border is near impossible

Burkina Faso's army is chasing seven soldiers from an elite unit loyal to the country's former president who are suspected of participating in a raid on an armory near the capital, according to a statement issued Sunday....

The Government is looking at "whether we can do more" for lone Syrian child refugees in Europe, Justine Greening tells Sky News.

Israel's prime minister says his government is committed to West Bank settlements and will seek to expedite the legal process for settlers to return to two contested buildings in Hebron. …

Millions of Americans were preparing to dig themselves out Sunday after a mammoth blizzard with hurricane-force winds and record-setting snowfall brought much of the East Coast to an icy standstill

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says Iran never trusted the West, as Beijing and Tehran agree to expand 10-year trade to $600bn.

Severe weather affecting 80 million people to continue through Sunday 19 deaths reported amid flooding, snow and hurricane-strength winds A blizzard with hurricane-force winds has brought much of the US East Coast to a s...

The wife of a missing chief editor of a publisher specializing in books banned in mainland China has told police she has been able to visit him on the mainland, Hong Kong police said Sunday. …

Three British travelers have been infected with the Zika virus, health officials revealed this week.

A once-in-a-lifetime blizzard, packing hurricane-force winds, brought much of the East Coast to a crippling halt Saturday, dumping an upwards of 3 feet of snow, stranding tens of thousands of travelers and shutting down ...

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is pressing for peaceful resolutions to increasingly tense maritime disputes in Asia and urging China to take a firmer stand on North Korea's nuclear program after its recent bomb test....

Police are concerned for the welfare of Benedict Onyemaechi, who has gone missing from his home and is thought to be unmedicated.

The Southern California Gas Co. was ordered Saturday to permanently close and seal a storage well that's poured natural gas into the air over a Los Angeles neighborhood for months and driven thousands from their homes

• Third Test: England 41-55 Australia • Caitlin Bassett and Helen Housby each scored 27 goals England lost 55-41 as Australia secured a clean sweep of their tour by winning the final Test to give them three wins from...

• 'Costa got two of our players sent off in last two games,' says Wenger• John Terry says Chelsea have not given up on top-four finish Arsène Wenger labelled Diego Costa clever for the part he played in Per Mertesac...

Police asked D.C. residents, "Do you want to build a snowman?"

A Turkish Airlines jet flying from Houston to Istanbul has been safely diverted to Shannon, Ireland, after a security scare