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Protesters hit the streets of the US town roiled by days of unrest over the killing of an unarmed black teen, hours after police shot dead a knife-wielding man …

A temporary ceasefire in Gaza has ‘collapsed’ after a Tuesday midnight deadline passed with no agreement to extend a truce and Israel and Hamas …

BUENOS AIRES (AFP) – Three relatives of Pope Francis, two great nephews and their mother, have been killed in a traffic accident in Argentina, police …

Pope Francis said on Monday he was unable to maintain neutrality before the victims of a South Korean ferry tragedy because their suffering was “human.” …

When Pope Francis sent an unprecedented message to Chinese President Xi Jinping last week, it went missing ― an apparent technical glitch laden with …

JERUSALEM (AFP) ― A new 24-hour cease-fire came into effect in the Gaza Strip Tuesday after Israeli and Palestinian negotiators agreed to extend a five-day …

NAIROBI (AP) ― Poachers killed an estimated 100,000 elephants across Africa between 2010 and 2012, a huge spike in the continent’s death rate of the …

FERGUSON, Missouri (AP) ― Police and protesters collided in the streets of Ferguson again late Monday, a day after the Missouri governor summoned the …

GENEVA (AFP) ― The World Health Organization said Monday that it had set up a task force with the global airline and tourism industry in an effort to contain …

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen has a stubborn warning light blinking on her labor market dashboard: A group of Americans larger than Washington state’s …