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WASHINGTON (AP) ― In a horrifying act of revenge for U.S. airstrikes in northern Iraq, militants with the Islamic State extremist group have beheaded …

WASHINGTON (AFP) ― Steven Spielberg, Justin Bieber and Bill Gates are among many celebrities pouring buckets of ice water over their heads and donating to …

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) ― Egyptian attempts to broker an end to a monthlong war between Israel and Hamas collapsed in heavy fighting Tuesday, with …

ISLAMABAD (AP) ― Tens of thousands of protesters armed with wire cutters and backed by cranes broke through barriers protecting Pakistan’s parliament and …

KABUL (AFP) ― About 200 Taliban fighters launched an offensive in a province near Kabul on Tuesday as Afghanistan’s disputed election threatens to leave …

DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) ― Government troops pressed attacks Tuesday in the two largest cities held by pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine, while Kiev also …

FERGUSON, Missouri (AFP) ―Police shot dead a knife-wielding man Tuesday near the U.S. town roiled by 10 days of protests over the police killing of an …

LOS ANGELES (AFP) ― Two U.S. teenagers arrested on charges of plotting a high-school mass shooting had a “very methodical” plan and wanted to die in the …

Jihadist group the Islamic State posted a video Tuesday showing the apparent execution of American journalist James Foley and threatened to kill a second …

Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf imposed a nighttime curfew from Wednesday and quarantined two affected neighbourhoods in a bid to stem the Ebola …