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Syria's president, Bashar al-Assad, has presided over a devastating civil war that has caused the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people. Martin Chulov describes a man who came back from the brink of defeat to strengt...

Chase Poust, 7, swam for an hour to get help for his father and sister -- who were caught in a strong current in a Florida river.

Brian Buglio, the police chief in West Hazleton, Pa., agreed to resign as part of a plea agreement, according to court records.

Andria Heese, a former police officer in Columbia, plead guilty to careless and imprudent driving after hitting and killing a child with a police vehicle.

China reports 1st human case of H10N3 bird flu strain

President Biden took a swipe at moderate Democrat Senators Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema for blocking his most ambitious parts of his agenda in Congress.

Donald Trump Jr. claimed that the New York Attorney General's probe into the Trump Organization is a form of "political persecution."

Prosecutors have begun informal plea negotiations with most of the Oath Keepers militia members charged in the conspiracy case involving the Jan. 6 insurrection.

A 22-year-old man and the sisters - aged 16 to 26 - were in a Honda Civic that plowed into a GMC Sierra on Highway 95 near Marsing, where the speed limit is 65 mph.

The FBI joined local authorities in a frantic search for 11-year-old Xavior Harrelson, who has been missing for six days in Iowa.

Emergency use listing gives countries, funders, procuring agencies and communities assurance it has met international standards See all our coronavirus coverage The World Health Organization has approved the Sinovac Covi...

The vice president has added another, and a politically thorny, problem to her growing portfolio.

A masked gunman opened fire at a wake early Wednesday morning in Springfield, Ohio, according to officials.

Wednesday: "Mayors don't have the luxury of offering prayers and platitudes," Mayor Sam Liccardo of San Jose said.

A Washington state man has been arrested for his alleged efforts to join the Islamic State group, federal prosecutors said.

Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who is facing civil rights charges for his deadly confrontation with George Floyd last year, made his initial federal court appearance via video link

A number of Sussex Police officers are under investigation after being found off-duty at a party that broke lockdown rules.

Three people arrested after seizure of drug disguised as charcoal in northern region of Castilla y León Spanish police have arrested three people after breaking up a ring that allegedly smuggled hundreds of kilos of coc...

Bank of England data shows rise in mortgage approvals in April, the first monthly increase since November Rishi Sunak's six-month extension of the government's stamp duty holiday prompted a fresh surge in demand for home...

Yair Lapid's 28-day mandate to forge majority and end Netanyahu's time as PM ends on Wednesday Israeli opposition politicians have until midnight on Wednesday to hash out final negotiations to build a coalition governmen...

The president, who has made racial equity and justice central themes of his administration, was in Tulsa, Okla., to commemorate a painful part of the country's history.

The US and allies take part in a large scale NATO mission involving more than 20 NATO nations, flying over NATO member states in an exercise designed in part to send a message to Russian President Vladimir Putin.