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Former New Zealand prime minister Helen Clark is the latest to throw her hat into the ring

Torrential rain and flash floods have killed at least 47 people and left 37 others injured in northwest Pakistan, the country's Provincial Disaster Management Authority said in a statement Monday.

The victim was battered and tortured during a five-hour assault with various weapons including a wooden stick laced with screws.

Greece deported more than 200 refugees from its islands to Turkey on Monday, in the first step of a massive European Union plan to deal with the region's migrant influx. Ferries carried the people from the islands of Les...

Spokesman for secretary general Ban Ki-moon reveals fresh details as first soldiers face court over alleged abuses in Central African Republic A group of 11 Tanzanian peacekeepers accused of sexual exploitation and abuse...

Myanmar's parliament on Tuesday approved the creation of a new post for Aung San Suu Kyi, head of the country's newly installed ruling party, that is similar to prime minister. Suu Kyi is banned by the constitution from ...

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The prime minister of Iceland asks the president to dissolve parliament after allegations he concealed millions of dollars in offshore investments.

Leonard 'Chip' Hawkes, 70, and Richard Westwood, 72, will face trial in February next year over alleged sex attack in Chester in 1968 Two members of the 1960s pop group the Tremeloes have appeared in court to formally de...

BANGKOK -- McDonald’s in Thailand has apologized to customers after a video surfaced online showing a large rat scurrying around a dessert counter at one of its restaurants. The fast-food giant confirmed in a statement...

A Muslim civil rights group is taking a new approach in its efforts to dismantle the government's network of terrorist watch lists

A worker has died at a haunted house attraction at Disneyland Paris, according to a park official

Kayleigh Haywood disappeared after being dropped near a community college last November - her body was found five days later.

'It is bigotry draped in the garb of religion'

Republican front-runner Donald Trump says he would cut off cash flow to Mexico to force them to pay for a border wall with the US.

UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says al-Qaida affiliated rebels downed plane with surface-to-air missile Syrian rebels have shot down a government fighter jet over southern Aleppo province as renewed fightin...

Open source investigation by Atlantic Council of where bombs fell found most attacks to be outside Isis-controlled territory Russian claims to have mostly bombed Islamic State targets during its Syrian campaign were wild...

The latest crisis to affect the Zuma administration has highlighted the divides within South African society.

The number of officers and staff taking long-term sick leave has risen despite cuts to the workforce, BBC freedom of information requests show The number of police officers and staff taking long-term sick leave for psych...

Study shows cheapest firm charged £150 for uncontested divorce involving children, while the most expensive was £17,000 An investigation into lawyers' fees has found major disparities between firms, with the cheapest c...

Wednesday's referendum on association agreement with Ukraine exposes rifts in attitudes towards EU amid tense ties with Russia after MH17 The dividing lines of the referendum are clearly drawn. Supporters say a yes vote ...

Israel protested Monday at the U.N.'s decision to ban panels on Jerusalem and Arab Israelis from an exhibition at the United Nations on various aspects of the country and the heritage of the Jewish people. …