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A heroic FDNY paramedic plunged into freezing waters to rescue a man in the Hudson on Saturday afternoon. Niall O’Shaughnessy, 40, a veteran paramedic with the department, was working with his partner Minze Wu along th...

The experts, Michael Sharp, an American, and Zaida Catalan, a Swede, were investigating crimes associated with a rebellion in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Spain's maritime rescue service says it has saved 66 migrants from two boats in the Mediterranean Sea. The service says that one boat carrying 58 migrants was intercepted by rescue …

The suspected shooter is facing critical injuries after turning the gun on himself.        

The former leader of Catalonia urged Madrid to enter political negotiations following a regional election that gave pro-independence parties a majority in the Catalan parliament.

Iranian officials call Trump's support of protesters in the country "deceitful" and "opportunist."

In an apparent effort to avoid antagonizing Turkey, Greece's prime minister moved to block asylum for a Turkish officer who fled last year's failed coup.

While much of the East Coast is facing chilly weather -- including New York City, which is expected to be just 11 degrees when the ball drops in Times Square Sunday night -- the mercury in Niagara Falls dropped to zero t...

A Utah teacher was fired earlier this month following complaints made against him after he showed images of classical paintings containing nudity in a classroom seen by fifth and sixth-graders. Mateo Rueda, a former art ...

A former Trump campaign aide who took a guilty plea in special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe was the linchpin of the FBI's investigation of Kremlin influence in the 2016 election, new reports say. In a drunken go...

Worldwide, more than 1 billion people will ring in 2018 with their eyes glued to the opulent crystal ball

South Korean authorities have seized a Panama-flagged oil tanker suspected of evading international sanctions by trading with North Korea, officials said Sunday. An official from South Korea's Foreign Ministry said …

President Trump on Sunday touted his administration’s accomplishments – especially the country’s economic strength – and said if “Crooked Hillary” Clinton had won the stock market would have tanked. ​”If ...

At least two people were killed during the third day of protests against Iran's iron-fisted regime and poor living conditions.

Police are checking inside the suspect’s vehicle for more possible weapons.        

A roundup of unusual laws going into effect in 2018.

Churches had planned a "peaceful march" to protest President Joseph Kabila's refusal to leave office, but security forces fired tear gas at churches and set up checkpoints in the capital.

Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed his hopes for better U.S.-Russia relations in his annual letter to the White House, sent by telegram, timed for New Year's Eve. The note to President Trump emphasizes Putin's de...

Two protesters taking part in demonstrations were killed at a rally overnight, a semi-official news agency reported

Some 100 people gathered outside an Istanbul nightclub Sunday to remember the victims of a deadly New Year's attack a year ago. The group, holding carnations, observed a moment of …

The Adamawa State chapter of Nigeria's Muslim Council says at least 5,247 Muslims have been killed in the past four years in the northern state because of Boko Haram.

A suicide bomber targeted the funeral of local official in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday, killing at least 15 people, officials said. Noor Ahmad Habibi, deputy spokesman for the governor of …