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Demonstrators hurled bottles and garbage cans at police officers and tore bricks from the pavement to be used as weapons

The mosquitoes that spread the Zika virus are among the hardest species to fight because they live and breed in tub drains, dog bowls, buckets, flower pots and other places inside the houses and yards of the people they ...

The launch was viewed as a test of long-range missile technology.

President Barack Obama is asking Congress for $1.8 billion in emergency funding that would in part fund an expedited effort to develop a Zika vaccine, but even with presidential power and funding, a vaccine could still b...

A rare albino green turtle has been spotted -- newly hatched -- on an Australian beach.

WASHINGTON

Forest workers shoot leopard with tranquilizer dart …

BEIRUT-- An explosion rocked the Syrian capital of Damascus Tuesday in what Syrian state-run TV is calling "a terrorist car bomb," which detonated outside a police club in the north-eastern Masaken Barzeh district. At le...

SEOUL/WASHINGTON

Demonstrators and police clashed in Hong Kong Monday night and early Tuesday morning after authorities started to crack down on unlicensed food vendors in the Mong Kok district. It's become a tradition in the area for th...

Constitutional Court to make a decision on whether the president should return funds used on private renovation.

It's all fun and games until someone tosses an alligator through the drive-thru window.

Southern California Gas Co. has agreed to give Los Angeles residents displaced by a massive gas leak much more time to return to their homes once the well is plugged

Gen. Selva said the U.S. military is the best in the world.

Police say at least nine people killed and scores injured as trains collide near the town of Bad Aibling in Bavaria.

A gym offering specialised self-defence and martial arts training for women hopes to continue expanding its reach.

A look at the ancient roots of food and the unrest simmering over rising cost of staples before Egypt's 2011 uprising.

BAD AIBLING, Germany

African forces began a U.S.-led counter-terrorism training program in Senegal on Monday amid what a U.S. commander said were rising signs of collaboration between Islamist militant groups across north Africa and the Sahe...

As many as 35,000 Syrians have fled the city after a government offensive in recent days

A red carpet reception isn't exactly what you'd expect at the opening of a housing complex for the poor.

This article was reported in partnership with the Investigative Fund at the Nation Institute.