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Judges in Texas, North Carolina and Wisconsin have recently ruled against their laws, but more than a dozen states still have new restrictions for 2016

Indian activist Irom Sharmila Chanu is ending her hunger strike against a controversial law after 16 years.

On Monday, the family of Ahmed Mohamed, the 14-year-old from Texas who was arrested last year after he brought a homemade digital clock to school, filed a federal lawsuit against the city of Irving, the Irving Independen...

An RAF helicopter crashes and catches fire on a Snowdonia peak.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is set to meet with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, in St Petersburg.

Donald Trump likes to explain his wild accusations by claiming “many people are saying” whatever it is he’s claiming. Now, “many people are saying” things back at him. After the GOP presidential candidate used...

"He kept asking to get his passport back, which is the opposite of what most refugees do"

School children will take part in 'cultural citizens programme' in attempt to diversify audiences and attract young people to cultural activities Hundreds of schoolchildren are to get free and behind-the-scenes access to...

Ex-soldier: "Foreign fighters, who are not crazy... can have a positive impact."

Ethiopia, a close security ally of the West, is often accused by rights groups of stifling dissent

The parents of two Americans killed in the Benghazi terror attack on Sept. 11, 2012 are suing Hillary Clinton -- accusing the Democratic presidential candidate and former secretary of state of the wrongful death of their...

Smoke plumes roiling from flaming ridges of the San Bernardino Mountains blew all the way across the Mojave Desert to Las Vegas as California's latest big wildfire forced the evacuation of hundreds of homes and threatene...

Images published by BBC depict soldiers securing the perimeter of a rebel army base following an attack by Islamic State The first images of what appear to be British special forces operating on the ground in Syria have ...

BEIRUT -- The United States on Tuesday delivered $50 million worth of military assistance to Lebanon’s army to help it battle against Muslim extremists near the border with Syria. U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon Elizabeth H...

A massive oil rig was blown ashore in Scotland during a severe storm early Monday morning.

Shahram Amiri defected to the U.S. at the height of Western efforts to thwart Iran's nuclear program

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is due to hold talks with Vladimir Putin in Moscow, on his first foreign visit since an attempted coup last month.

A 19-year-old woman was being put in a police cruiser in Salem early Sunday morning when she allegedly attacked the arresting officer and bit off a piece of her ear, Essex District Attorney Jonathan Blodgett’s office s...

Israeli forces destroy five Palestinian homes amid an uptick in the construction of illegal settlements.

Irom Chanu Sharmila has first taste of food since beginning fast in 2000 in protest against security law in Manipur state One of India's most prominent political activists has ended a 16-year hunger strike, licking honey...

An intelligence official says soldiers have pursued extremists who entered a hotel in Mali's capital and hung a black jihadi flag from the roof before escaping into the neighborhood. …

The United States has delivered $50 million worth of military assistance to Lebanon's army to help it battle against Muslim extremists near the border with Syria. …