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Several arrests were made on Tuesday afternoon.

The talks in Switzerland are meant to begin a political process to end the conflict that began in 2011

At least 49 people have died as a result of the mammoth snowstorm that pounded the Eastern U.S. The deaths occurred in car accidents, from carbon monoxide poisoning and from heart attacks while shoveling snow

'Three of my colleagues and close friends are still incarcerated,' the deported activist says

'Devastating' long-term prognosis for ancient Gondwana ecosystem as bushfires turn trees more than 1,000 years old to tinder A global tragedy is unfolding in Tasmania. World heritage forests are burning; 1,000-year-old t...

Left-wing parties in the Danish parliament opposed the move, labeling it "sickly nationalism"

The discipline against the officers concluded a lengthy series of investigations into the police chase and gunfire that killed Timothy Russell and Malissa Williams.

A draft report warns Greece could be sealed off from the rest of the Europe over its failure to control the migrant crisis.

They reported Turkey was smuggling arms to Islamist rebels

Police arrested nine suspected members of the Kurdish armed group PKK-KCK that operates in Syria and Turkey in raids in three Spanish cities Wednesday, the Interior Ministry said. …

A professional ballroom dancer who lost a leg in the Boston Marathon bombings says she's training to run this year's race: all 26.2 miles of it

Qatar-owned Al-Jazeera is suing the Egyptian government over its crackdown on the broadcaster's activists and journalists

Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei is withdrawing his works from two museums in Denmark to protest a new law that allows Danish authorities to seize valuables from migrants. …

Firearms officers were taking part in a simulation which saw several gunmen "open fire" outside a shopping centre in Scotland.

The hot yoga founder "thinks that he can do whatever he wants", a court hears, as he is fined $6.5m for harassment.

Police: 2 dead, 3 wounded in shooting at Seattle homeless encampment

Tiny country is racked by mass protests in wake of billion-dollar corruption scandal and deeply divided over seeking closer ties with either EU or Russia Moldova's prime minister has declared his government faces a "last...

An Indiana principal reportedly pushed students out of the way of an oncoming bus before she herself was struck Tuesday.

The mother of a 14-year-old murdered by a man he met online says the killer has contacted her from prison.

The Federal Reserve announced Wednesday it will aim to keep interest rates to a target between 0.25 and 0.5 percent through March. The Fed turned heads in December by finally hiking rates off the 0-to-0.25 percent floor;...

The United Nations says the number of besieged areas in Syria's conflict has risen to 18, up from 15 earlier this month. …

US wants 'significant new measures' to punish Pyongyang for nuclear tests Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi suggests Beijing will not support new penalties Kerry calls on China to halt land reclamation in disputed areas o...