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Security council blacklists Indian-flagged cargo ship for illegally transporting crude oil from Libyan port under control of splinter group The UN security council has blacklisted an Indian-flagged cargo ship for illegal...

Buddhist monks joined several hundred protesters outside the U.S. Embassy in Myanmar on Thursday to demand it stop using the term "Rohingya" to refer to a Muslim ethnic minority group. …

Exclusive: The wife of Adam Whittington, a former Australian soldier turned 'child recovery specialist', says truth will come out over executives involved in 60 Minutes case The wife of an Australian citizen facing jail ...

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Carly Fiorina appeared on The Kelly File Wednesday night to defend Ted Cruz's decision to name her as his running mate, despite the fact that he is well behind Donald Trump in delegates. "Donald Trump hasn't won this nom...

Russia said Wednesday it has asked the U.N. Security Council to blacklist two powerful Syrian rebel groups that it considers "terrorist organizations," one which is playing a key role in political negotiations aimed at e...

The Swedish actress takes the helm from Angelina Jolie, who played the character in the early 2000s

French protesters are back on the streets over proposed reforms to the country's labor rules as strikers impacted air traffic in the capital's Orly Airport

An inmate at a Wisconsin jail locked a deputy in a cell and made threats with a knife-like weapon he apparently whittled from a Scrabble game letter tray

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Dennis Murphy, Jr. was charged this week after failing a breathalyzer last April and blaming his gum

BEIJING — A revered Buddhist monk in China has been mummified and covered in gold leaf, a practice reserved for holy men in some areas with strong Buddhist traditions. The monk, Fu Hou, who died in 2012 at age 94 after...

The facility, which worked with Doctors Without Borders, was destroyed, killing one of the only pediatricians in the area.

Prosecutors will ask a federal judge to sentence the longtime girlfriend of Boston gangster James "Whitey" Bulger (BUHL'-jur) to three more years in prison for refusing to testify about whether anyone else helped Bulger ...

A former San Francisco police lieutenant incriminated in a racist texting scandal charged with obstructing the rape investigation of a subordinate officer was arrested Wednesday, police said

Friars must stand trial on charges linked to their role in supervising a religious brother accused of molesting more than 100 children

Gay rights group sues DOJ for documents related to 1953 order that let federal agencies investigate and fire employees thought to be gay

The publisher of a leading magazine on Chinese and regional defense issues says he's leaving Hong Kong out of concern he could be targeted by China's state security bodies, a further sign of how Beijing's growing presenc...

The U.N. Security Council will hold an informal meeting on May 6 on the protection of Palestinian civilians, an issue the Palestinians have pressed for decades and say is more needed now than ever. …

The origin of the subpoenas and their targets suggested that officials were delving into the mayor's efforts for State Senate Democrats in 2014.

Researchers say a massive lake may lie under the surface of Antarctica's ice sheet, possibly harboring life forms that have spent millions of years in isolation. Looking at satellite images, researchers spotted grooves i...