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Indonesia called Tuesday for greater cooperation in the fight against Islamic extremism. Announcing a meeting with top military commanders from the Philippines and Malaysia later this week in Jakarta, Indonesian Presiden...

The United States has pressed Vietnam over a recent spate of detentions of government critics and pushed for other progress on human rights ahead of a visit next month by President Barack Obama

The wife of a detained Palestinian journalist says she believes Israel is trying to silence him. …

Norway's government on Tuesday filed an appeal against the Oslo district court's ruling that Norwegian authorities had violated the human rights of mass killer Anders Behring Breivik. …

Video of an ISIS terrorist blowing himself up in a Paris cafe during last November's attacks on the city was shown for the first time on French TV Sunday night.

North Korea is believed to have placed a new, powerful mid-range missile on standby for an impending launch, a news report said Tuesday. …

Donald Trump opened an odd line of attack Monday on John Kasich's eating habits. Trump labeled as "disgusting" the Ohio governor's scarfing down of sandwiches, desserts and just about anything else he's offered on the ca...

He expects her to back his Medicare plan, and for her to take a tougher stance on climate change

One year after Nepal was hit by a devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake, there are still millions of people living in temporary shelters and hundreds of thousands of buildings in need of reconstruction. BBC South Asia cor...

Spanish police say a man arrested this month on suspicion of supplying arms used in an attack on a Paris kosher supermarket last year has been sent back to France. …

A European Union report says the case could threaten the territory's status as a hub for international business

Cardinal Jaime Ortega, who oversaw a warming of relations with the Communist government and played a role in the secret negotiations that led to U.S.-Cuba detente, has stepped down, the Vatican announced Tuesday. …

BEIJING -- Police in southern China have detained three airline passengers after they were caught on video slapping, verbally abusing and throwing food at ground staff in anger over a delayed flight, state media reported...

Islamist militants continue to target secular activists, journalists, and religious minorities in the South Asian country.

New procedures aim to keep iPhone assemblers from amassing excessive overtime Face scanners, swipe badges and metal dectors are part of the system Workers aren't supposed to amass more than 60 hours a week …

The Supreme Court in the Russia-occupied peninsula of Crimea has banned the Crimean Tatar legislature as extremist. …

Mitsubishi Motors Corp., the Japanese automaker that acknowledged last week it had intentionally lied about its models' mileage, said an internal investigation found such tampering dated back to 1991

The upward trend in obesity among children continues unabated, say researchers

A San Francisco dentist who admitted to shipping 30 pounds of marijuana to a crooked NYC Housing Authority worker was sentenced to three years' probation Monday. Dr. Jerome Weitz, 63, admitted to shipping the weed to Yon...

A Canadian hostage was killed by Islamic militants in the Philippines, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Monday. 'Heinous act:' Trudeau condemns killing of Canadian John Ridsdel s://t.co/I7EqPkI6HX pic.twi...

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A teenager pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to plotting a terrorist attack on an Australian Veteran's Day ceremony. …