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This hapless seagull fell into a vat of chicken tikka masala in the UK -- and now smells delicious. "The thing that shocked us most was the smell," even after a good scrubbing, veterinary nurse Lucy Kells marveled to Wal...

In a country where people are regularly sentenced to time behind bars for staging a protest, writing a comment on a social-network page, or for nothing at all, how does one manage to set fire to the door of the headquart...

The seeds of the current troubled Middle Eastern scene were sown in the June 1967 war that Israel started.

North Korea's Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un appears not to be practicing what his government is preaching.

(Reuters) - A United States laboratory researcher was back at work after contracting the Zika virus by pricking herself with a needle during an experiment last month, broadcaster ABC News said on Thursday.

An off-duty Israeli cop unwittingly invited one of the Tel Aviv terrorists into his home, where he offered him water and left him with his wife and kids before joining the police search, Israeli media reported Thursday. ...

State Department officials in charge of public records were not aware Hillary Clinton was using ­e-mail during her tenure there until they saw a viral image of the then-secretary of state looking at her BlackBerry on a ...

Summer is not yet here, but so far nearly three times as many children have died after being left in hot cars this year compared to this time last year, the National Safety Council said Thursday.Podcast favorites: Blinds...

Authorities say an Ohio rapper had a blood alcohol content of more than 2 ½ times the legal limit when he drove the wrong way and crashed head-on into another vehicle, killing himself and a couple in another car

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On Thursday, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced the El Niño that started in March 2015 is now over. "There's nothing left," NOAA Climate Prediction Center Deputy Director Mike Halpert said. "S...

The Russian air force has grounded its fleet of Sukhoi Su-27 fighter jets until determining what caused one of the planes to crash on Thursday, killing the pilot, the government-run Tass news agency said.Popular: Radical...

Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren berated presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump and the rest of his party in a speech on Thursday—the same day she endorsed Hillary Clinton for president. Speaking at the nationa...

Police say the suspect, Mohammed Abdou Laghaoui, was arrested Friday morning.

Thailand's Court of Appeals on Friday affirmed a two-year prison sentence for a prominent anti-government activist convicted of defaming the country's prime minister in 2009. …

Kenyan police have charged a former chief executive of a pioneering internet firm with murder in the death of a woman who was shot in his house. …

Renaissance art lovers in Mexico won't need to travel to Vatican City to see the Sistine Chapel in all its glory

Indian officials say they are working with Afghan authorities to secure the release of an Indian charity worker kidnapped in Kabul

Federal appeals court ruling will please gun control lobby

About a dozen jurors have refused to take part in a separate case in Palo Alto because Judge Aaron Persky is overseeing the trial, court sources said.

On Thursday, the House passed legislation 297-127 that would allow the restructuring of some of Puerto Rico's $70 billion debt and would create a financial control board to oversee negotiations with creditors and courts....

Trouble flared in the southern French city of Marseille overnight, where soccer supporters from England and Russia are gathering for a European Championship game on Saturday. …