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The Xbox brand is 15 years old today, so here are 15 of the most important titles from the original machine to the Xbox One era It was 15 years ago this week that Microsoft launched its first foray into the console gamin...

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Trump's children would need to fill out a security questionnaire and go through background checks, and could be designated as outside national security advisers

Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) was unanimously re-nominated for speaker of the House on Tuesday in a closed-door election, despite having spent much of Donald Trump's presidential campaign at odds with the Republican nominee. "Welco...

International military and security experts have warned that if Donald Trump wants to protect U.S. national security, he must fight to combat global climate change ― a phenomenon the Republican president-elect has dism...

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Deposed Egyptian president no longer faces threat of execution but continues to serve long jail terms An Egyptian court has overturned a death sentence against the deposed president Mohamed Morsi, and ordered a retrial. ...

Kaikoura cut off; air force helicopters mounting rescues Residents and tourists told to conserve food and water supplies Wellington flooded by torrential rain, evacuations underway 3.53am GMT Reader Sophie Gale, from Som...

Authorities in El Salvador say suspected gang members have abducted and killed a soldier on leave, the 20th slaying of military personnel this year. The Attorney General's Office and National …

A deposed spiritual leader of Africa's most populous group of Muslims, former Sultan of Sokoto Ibrahim Dasuki, has died at age 93 while his son languishes in detention. Sambo Dasuki …

A local West Virginia official says she's been placed on leave after she made a racist post on Facebook about first lady Michelle Obama

A group of 188 Eritreans are heading to Germany in the first big batch of refugee relocations from Italy to other EU countries.

The Greek government has launched a new round of talks with bailout creditors on demanded reforms and cutbacks, whose success could lead to a lightening of the country's debt load.

Libya's official news agency says a senior al-Qaida leader has been killed in a drone strike in the country's remote south. LANA reports that Abu Talha al-Hassnawi, a senior member …

A marine conservation group says fish catches in overfished European waters -- stretching from the Arctic to the Black Sea -- could increase by 57 percent if stocks were managed sustainably.

UN's Ban Ki-moon expresses hopes that the US president-elect will drop plans to quit a global accord aimed at weaning the world off fossil fuels The UN secretary-general, Ban Ki-moon, said on Tuesday that action on clima...

Mosques, offices and flats in 10 states searched as government accuses organisation of radicalising young people German police have launched dawn raids on about 190 mosques, flats and offices linked to an Islamic group a...

Smoke from dozens of large wildfires is covering several states.

Yau Wai-ching, 25, has been barred from taking her place in parliament after her outspoken attack on Chinese rule A 25-year-old pro-independence activist who has been disqualified from Hong Kong's parliament has said she...

An Egyptian court has struck down a death sentence passed by a lower tribunal against an ousted Islamist president for his part in a mass prison break during the 2011 …

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says he hopes Donald Trump will shift course on global warming and "understand the seriousness and urgency" of addressing the problem. Ban said Tuesday that …

Hundreds of police officers searched about 190 offices, mosques and apartments of members and supporters of the Islamic group "The true religion" as the German government announced a ban of …