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"We must reduce the flow of migrants now ... because the refugee question can become a question of survival for the European Union"

Peace talks in Afghanistan resumed this week, but on several major issues neither side is likely to compromise.

Renewed diplomatic momentum follows US-Russian brokered ceasefire The United Nations will on Friday name a new date for Syrian peace talks to recommence, the UN's Syrian special envoy Staffan De Mistura has said, as plan...

Bundy supporters have said they hoped to put a focus on government power at the occupation trial, but the judge made clear that she was in charge.

ISSAQUAH, Wash. -- A woman bit down on a rare pearl while eating a meal of clams and other seafood at an Italian restaurant in Washington state. KOMO-TV reports Lindsay Hasz and her husband Chris were eating at Montalcin...

Report says G20 nations should develop measures that could be implemented quickly if global growth keeps wilting.

Park County Sheriff's Office in Colorado has identified the man who was killed by police today after he opened fire on them while serving him with an eviction notice. The

Three police officers for a wealthy suburb of the Mexican city of Guadalajara have been killed in a daytime attack. …

After months of cautious silence, Egypt acknowledged for the first time on Wednesday that terrorists had downed the Russian jet that broke up over its Sinai Peninsula in October.

Romania's anti-corruption chief prosecutor, Laura Codruta Kovesi, says the agency has prosecuted 1,250 high-level cases in the past year, including a former prime minister and five former ministers

A Virginia County is declaring a state of emergency after a storm passed through, damaging scores of buildings, injuring several people and killing one man

The American Civil Liberties Union plans to appeal a recent federal court ruling that citizens can sometimes be stopped from recording police officers on duty

Athens accuses Vienna of undermining efforts to reach Europe-wide response by siding with hardline EU members who refuse to take refugees Greece has recalled its ambassador to Austria amid growing tensions between the tw...

President Barack Obama signed a bill Wednesday that includes a provision banning U.S. imports of fish caught by slaves in Southeast Asia, gold mined by children in Africa and garments sewn by abused women in Bangladesh, ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Florida State officials have suspended the school’s Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity following a police investigation into hazing allegations. The university reported in a news release Wednesday that t...

Authorities say a Coast Guard vessel overturned while assisting a fishing boat that ran aground in an inlet off New York City

Some faculty members at the University of Houston say sensitive subjects may become taboo in their classrooms because of a law allowing Texas public university students to bring guns to class

The Florida Department of Health announced today that three pregnant women have tested positive for the Zika virus after traveling outside the United States.

"Today's ruling thrusts Louisiana into a reproductive health care crisis," says the president of the Center for Reproductive Rights

The Oscar-nominated film shows how a cover-up was exposed - but one victim says the Church is still failing to tackle abuse.

A series of shootings Wednesday left three people dead, including a 16-year-old boy, and two others, including a 72-year-old woman, injured, Chicago police said. At 6:24 p.m., police were called to the 400 block of South...

Two security council powers reportedly reach agreement on further punitive measures over nuclear test and rocket launch The United States and China have agreed on a draft resolution that would expand UN security council ...