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A ferry caught fire in the Java Sea, leaving five people dead and nearly 190 others rescued, Indonesian authorities said Saturday. A Transport Ministry spokesman, Julius Adravida Barata, said he …

The fatal encounter in Columbus, Ohio, between a white officer and a black teenager last year quickly polarized the public.

Libyan and Italian coastguards pick thousands of people from dozens of boats in the Mediterranean in 48 hours.

Shortly after Bernie Madoff arrived in prison, at the start of a 150-year sentence, the mastermind behind the largest fraud in financial history was slapped across the face. Madoff was closely following the way his case ...

The head of Italy's populist 5-Star Movement is leading thousands of supporters in a march to demand a guaranteed minimum income for Italian citizens. Comic Beppe Grillo says the 25-kilometer …

A voluntary evacuation order has been issued for a southern Indiana county.

Our urban centres are bearing the brunt of the latest austerity cuts. Not since the Thatcher era has a Tory government dared to pit town against country this cynically 'There's nobody representing us," said the thirtysom...

The fired FBI director will testify before the Senate Intelligence Committee after Memorial Day

Lebanon's state-run news agency is reporting that security forces have detained an Iraqi citizen who was allegedly spying for Israel. The National News Agency said in the Saturday report that …

The 82 Nigerian schoolgirls recently released after more than three years in Boko Haram captivity were reuniting with their families for the first time Saturday, officials said. Some of the …

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- President Donald Trump opened his first trip abroad since taking office, touching down Saturday in Saudi Arabia for a visit aimed at building stronger partnerships to combat terrorism in the regio...

Early results show he is ahead of his main conservative rival, but votes are still being counted.

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis vows to bring ISIS to its knees.        

A man who caused a disturbance aboard an American Airlines flight from Los Angeles to Hawaii on Friday was overpowered by passengers and crew and taped to a seat, passengers said.

Houthi fighters fire a ballistic missile at the Saudi capital a day before US President Donald Trump arrives.

President Trump began his first tour abroad since taking office with a visit to Saudi Arabia on Saturday, where he is accompanied by First Lady Melania Trump as well as his daughter, Ivanka Trump. Neither woman is wearin...

Trump hopes his five-stop foreign tour will unite the world against terrorism.        

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei offers congratulations, commends voters for "epic" turnout.        

Customers put off by rules on nicotine strength could return to cigarettes Britain's burgeoning vaping industry is warning of a rise in homemade versions of the liquids used in the devices as new laws governing their str...

When it comes to elections, we've found that nothing beats reporting on the ground. So we've identified six key constituencies to follow in depth At every election the same question reverberates around the newsroom: "We ...

I've never been racist, says candidate who made online attacks on Jews, Israelis, Pakistanis and Africans A Ukip candidate for the general election has been suspended after a series of racist tweets emerged. Paddy Singh,...

JACKSON, Miss. -- A Mississippi teenager charged with murder in the death of a 6-year-old told investigators that the boy was actually shot by another of the three teen suspects, according to an investigator’s sworn st...