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Japanese officials have mistakenly announced the launch of a North Korean missile instead of sending an alert about a strong…
British military scientists have found forensic evidence that chemical weapons have been used in the conflict in Syria…
If you haven't fired an assault rifle, take my word: it's a terrifying, exhilarating, almighty rush.
An heir to the US Scripps media fortune has been convicted of stealing $4.2 million from his mother and a disabled uncle…
A powerful storm unleashed tornadoes and peeled the roofs from homes in America's Deep South and heaped snow on the Midwest…
David Beckham's promise of his football wages for poor kids has yet to materialise.
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North Koreans crowded a Pyongyang flower show, packed theatres and pledged loyalty to their leader Friday ahead of a key…
Former Liberal Prime Minister John Howard's continuing justification for sending Australia to war against Iraq in 2003 has…
A strong earthquake shook Japan on Saturday near the southwestern city of Kobe, leaving 22 people injured, seven of them…
Like his father Kim Jong Il, North Korea's new young leader Kim Jong Un is viewed by much of the outside world with a mix…
The White House is trying to tamp down concern over a new intelligence report showing North Korea could arm a ballistic…
The Amish schoolhouse quiets as students in first through eighth grades settle into tight rows of scuffed metal desks to…
More members of an Ohio Amish community, convicted of hate crimes in hair and beard cutting attacks are entering federal…
The suburban home boasts four bedrooms, an updated kitchen and the chance to own a slice of Russian spy history. The US…
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Vietnam's city centres are unrecognisable from even a decade ago. "What's the first designer item you ever bought?" I ask…
President Bashar al-Assad has exploited his greatest advantage in the Syrian civil war - his air power - to push back rebel…
Papua New Guinea must tackle the scourge of sorcery-related murder, the United Nations said yesterday, after an elderly…
When John Key met his second Chinese vice-premier in two days yesterday, he and Wang Yang shared a joke about the photo…
The Obama administration is expected to give Syrian rebels broader nonlethal military assistance, including body armor and…
Secretary of State John Kerry worked Monday to corral Israeli and Palestinian leaders into a new and ambitious peace process…
Tauranga lawyer Belinda Pidwell will never forget a Bosnian man tell how he and his family were lined up and shot.
A man faces charges in the shooting of a Chicago store…
Members of an Amish community in Northeast Ohio gathered…
Fijians and New Zealanders are gathering in Auckland and Wellington today to voice their concerns about the state of human…
The New Zealand dollar pressed on to reach another post-float high on its Trade Weighted Index yesterday, due mostly to…
Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg and other Silicon Valley leaders have launched a political group.