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Fires burn and smoke rises from the site of an explosion in Beirut downtown area Dec. 27. An explosion rocked...

2013 was filled with loads of odd events, from the unbelievable mystery birth of animal-like creatures to adults having sex...

A video compilation of BBC News'  biggest bloopers over the past year has emerged. Subjects from Margaret Thatcher's death, the...

Egypt’s military-installed rulers declared the Muslim Brotherhood of ousted president Mohamed Morsi a “terrorist” organisation Wednesday, blaming it for a...

Two bombs in Christian areas of the Iraqi capital Baghdad have killed at least 35 people, officials have said. One...

Fire crews have also rescued 25 people trapped in their cars by flood water in Dorset, while as many as...

He’s been condemned by other Muslim leaders, and some local imams have even refused to greet him. But Imam Daayiee...

South Sudan government troops have lost control of the key oil-rich town of Bentiu, the capital of Unity State, to...

Several people have been injured by a freight train that crashed into homes in the Nairobi slum of Kibera. The train derailed...

At least 1,000 people were killed in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic, in just two days of...

Although speculation and rumors have been swirling for months over whether Clinton will make another run for the White House in 2016,...

Russian president Vladimir Putin has said he will sign pardon for jailed former oligarch and Kremlin critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky "in the nearest future", according...

Saudi authorities behead convict over drug offence, making it the 76th in 2013. A Syrian man Hasan Mahmud al-Bash convicted...

Google now owns BigDog, a four-legged all-terrain robot developed for the US military. A robot that can climb muddy hills...

Brazilian senators have asked for Edward Snowden’s help during hearings about the NSA’s aggressive targeting of the country. Edward Snowden...

New York City police arrested a man and charged him with burglary, possession of  stolen property and criminal trespassing after a  tape...

Dramatic calls released by  police tell of a neighbor's desperate attempt to rescue two adults and a child from a...

Two United Nations peacekeepers have been killed in a car bomb blast in the north-east Malian town of Kidal. The...

(Reuters) - The United Nations sent its first delivery of humanitarian aid by air to Syria from Iraq on Sunday...

Rolihlahla At birth he was given the name Rolihlahla Mandela by his father, Nkosi Mphakanyiswa Gadla Henry, according to the...