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From #MeToo to #Covfefe, we take a brief look at some of the world's most used hashtags in 2017.

BAGHDAD – Fewer than 1,000 Islamic State fighters remain in Iraq and Syria, the United States-led international coalition fighting the hardline Sunni militant group said on Wednesday, a third of the estimated figure on...

SEATTLE -- Authorities say a wrapped present that turned out to be a fruitcake temporarily halted service at a Seattle ferry terminal while police investigated. Washington State Patrol Trooper Kevin Fortino says troopers...

Political correctness has reached new heights across the pond, where members of the British Armed Forces are being told to avoid gender-specific words -- like “mankind” and “sportsmanship” -- while on base. “It...

A Florida man was arrested Friday after he reportedly punched an ATM because it "was giving him too much money" during an incident in November. Michael Joseph Oleksik, 23, was charged with criminal mischief after Wells F...

Mike Flynn’s younger brother told President Trump it’s “about time” he pardoned “General Flynn” -- in a tweet he sent to the president and deleted minutes later. Joseph Flynn, the brother of Trump’s ex-nati...

Not only have they trashed the mayor's Christmas well wishes but also have given the tourism mecca more than 1,400 one-star ratings on Facebook.        

Russia offered to facilitate U.S.-North Korea talks, if both sides are ready

YANGON — Two Reuters journalists who have been detained in Myanmar for the past two weeks were remanded in custody for a further two weeks on Wednesday as a probe continues into allegations they breached the nation's O...

2017 was particularly hard on Chicago taxpayers, who were hit with a major state income tax hike, the latest in a series of property tax increases at City Hall and Chicago Public Schools, and a new city tax on water and ...

Israel's transportation minister is pushing ahead with a plan

Snow has swept parts of the country, bringing festive cheer to some and travel misery to others. Here's a selection of the day's best wintry photos

Five children were invited to interact with the penguins at Harbin Polarland theme park.

Year defined by the breaking of age-old conventions ends with uncertainty over fallout of Trump Jerusalem move.

The gifted wordsmith is one of the most celebrated poets of the Urdu language

A Texas dad said he discovered his teen having sex with a teacher in the back seat of a car, police said. Rachel Gonzalez, 44, was nabbed by Bay City police on Dec. 22 for allegedly having a relationship with a 13-year-o...

Yehya Mubarak speaks to Al Jazeera about his daily struggles working as a paramedic in the occupied West Bank.

Authorities in Toledo, Ohio, have charged four boys with murder after a sandbag they allegedly dropped from an interstate overpass killed a passenger in a car.

American Airlines has apologized to two black professional basketball players who were kicked off a plane in Dallas after a flight attendant accused them of stealing blankets. Airline spokesman Joshua Freed said Tuesday ...

A prosecutor says some 1,000 people could be released from jail after being falsely accused of links to U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen.

Uganda's military says its forces have killed over 100 rebels in eastern Congo accused of carrying out the attack that left 15 U.N. peacekeepers dead earlier this month. The military …

German prosecutors have charged an alleged member of the Islamic State group who spent time in Syria with membership in a terrorist organization and committing a war crime.