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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. …

Sinaloa cartel rivalries present an omnipresent risk of extortion, kidnapping and death for migrants traveling through.

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....

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.

Ethnic protesters in Nepal rejected a constitutional amendment passed by the parliament in a bid to end months of protests that have blocked a key border crossing with India and caused shortages of fuel and other supplie...

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 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

Egypt sends 8 to trial over scratches on King Tut's burial mask

No snowstorm could stop them from having some fun.

Nearly half of the population of the Central African Republic is facing hunger, the United Nations warned after completing an emergency food security assessment.

A spokesman for Iran's judiciary says that around 100 suspects were arrested, with some later released, following an attack on Saudi Arabia's embassy in Tehran. …

The Syrian government will not make any new concessions in future peace talks at a time when the Syrian army is making progress in different parts of the country, a senior official in President Bashar Assad's ruling Baat...

Central Park got 26.8 inches of snow

LOS ANGELES -- Investigators are pursuing several leads in the search for three inmates who masterminded a brazen escape from a Southern California maximum-security jail and are considered dangerous, authorities said Sun...