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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.

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...

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Police say a construction worker was killed and three others were injured when a 45-ton beam fell on them as they worked on a bridge in a Chicago suburb

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

Russian police have conducted mass searches targeted against suspected members of the Japanese doomsday cult, Aum Shinrikyo, known for the 1995 Tokyo sarin attacks

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

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. …

China's Internet censors and state media outlets are squelching reports on hidden wealth drawn from documents leaked from a Panama-based law firm that name relatives of current and retired Chinese politicians, including ...

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A new report shows the population of Grauer's gorillas has fallen 77% since 1998

Every Monday afternoon around 2 p.m., Nate Silver, Clare Malone, Harry Enten and I gather around a table in our recording studio and discuss the week's election news. Harry drinks weird soda, Nate does math in real time,...

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari blamed Monday the country's economic crisis on the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, saying the party enjoyed 16 years of majority rule and financial prosperity yet failed to save f...

Federal agents arrested two former baggage handlers Monday on suspicion they trafficked several pounds of cocaine through Los Angeles International Airport

China's commerce ministry announced Tuesday that it would restrict imports from North Korea, after being urged by the international community to strengthen its stance against Pyongyang following its fourth nuclear test, ...

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Mexican archaeologists said Tuesday they are racing to keep up with development on the Yucatan peninsula as suburbs of the colonial city of Merida swallow Maya settlements. …

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