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A loud blast has gone off in central Kabul, witnesses say, adding that sirens sounded at US embassy.

Donald Trump tried to secure victory in Tuesday's New York GOP primary by praising the heroes of 9/11 at a Buffalo rally Monday -- but botched the compliment by saying cops and firefighters responded on "7-Eleven." After...

The secret to losing your “V card” lies in your genes -- not your jeans! Scientists can predict when you’ll lose your virginity based on DNA that’s tied to risk-taking and raging hormones, according to Cambridge ...

One day after Brazil's lower house of Congress voted to send impeachment proceedings to the Senate, President Dilma Rousseff called the move "violence against democracy" and said she has the "energy, strength, and courag...

CNN's Arwa Damon reports on the use of chemical weapons in Iraq by ISIS and the devastation in one Iraqi town.

A hospital is persuading women who want to terminate their pregnancies to have the baby so it can sell them for $1,400 each to childless couples. The shocking “baby farm” has been exposed at the 30-bed Palash Hospita...

A report shows that it has been the hottest year to date, thanks to both climate change and El Niño.

Estelle Balet was killed in an avalanche on Switzerland's southwest border

Ecuador's president has said the losses caused by the recent earthquake are estimated at between $2bn (£1.3bn) and $3bn (£2bn).

On Monday, President Obama talked with CBS's Charlie Rose about the deployment of 200 more troops to Iraq, mostly in an advisory role, and the still-classified U.S. documents about Saudi Arabia and the Sept. 11, 2001, te...

A parliamentary inquiry is examining ways to reduce sexual assaults and harassment in schools, which campaigners say is "endemic".

As the Queen celebrates her 90th birthday, we present an image from every year of her life.

Six colorful nooses appeared on a tree at Austin Peay State University

The resort city of Pedernales will need to be re-built

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The Foreign Secretary says Britain is willing to send training and support personnel but has "no plans" to deploy combat troops.

Drones will be banned from flying in large parts of London during the visit of US President Barack Obama, aviation officials say.

Hungary's prime minister, one of the strongest European critics of Chancellor Angela Merkel's approach to the migrant crisis, has made a politically charged visit to her predecessor and one-time mentor, Helmut Kohl. …

A father with a "hot temper" killed his daughter and then staged an "elaborate" plot with the child's mother to cover the murder, a court hears.

Chinese President Xi Jinping has extended his condolences to Japan's Emperor Akihito over the country's recent deadly earthquakes in a brief respite from the usual rancor between Beijing and Tokyo. …

A religious organization is suing the city of San Francisco to remove an open-air urinal it calls unsanitary and indecent from a popular park

Newly released text messages from Subway pitchman Jared Fogle show the convicted pedophile specifically asked for 14-year-old Asian girls because that's "what I crave," a report said Monday. In legal documents opposing F...