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At least 19 people were injured on Sunday when multiple gunmen opened fire on a Mother’s Day parade in New Orleans, police said. A 10-year-old boy and 10-year-old girl were grazed by bullets but were…

An Ohio prosecutor has said he will seek aggravated murder charges, which could carry the death penalty, against a former Cleveland school bus driver accused of kidnapping and raping three women…

By Christine Hauser and Steven Yaccino The New Denver post The Cleveland city prosecutor, Victor Perez, announced the charges against Ariel Castro, 52, at a news conference late Wednesday afternoon.…

Russia and the United States have announced that they will convene a conference by the end of the month to bring together representatives of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and the opposition and…

Three women who had been missing as long as 11 years were rescued from a Cleveland home on Monday, police said, an announcement that rocked the city and prompted celebrations in the street. Cleveland…

The UK Independence Party emerged as a serious nationwide threat to Britain's three main parties today by making unexpectedly big gains in the local elections. Party leader, Nigel Farage, said the…

SEOUL, South Korea - A Korean American detained for six months in North Korea has been sentenced to 15 years of hard labor for "hostile acts" against the state, the North's media said Thursday - a…

Amsterdam — Millions of Dutch people dressed in orange flocked to celebrations around the Netherlands Tuesday in honor of a once-in-a-generation milestone for the country's ruling House of…

European Central Bank president Mario Draghi. A cut in rates should be the catalyst for a less aggressive approach to reducing budget deficits. Photograph: Reuters The warning signs are flashing red…

By News Wires (text) Greece’s Parliament approved an emergency bill Sunday to pave the way for thousands of public sector layoffs and free up 8.8 billion euros ($11.5 billion) in international rescue…

North Korea has rejected South Korea's offer to open formal talks on restarting operations at the Kaesong joint industrial zone, Yonhap news agency has said. Yonhap news agency confirmed the…

BOTH the CIA and the FBI flagged the deceased Boston bombing suspect over possible terror ties, but he slipped through the fingers of investigators. The revelations raised fresh questions over why US…

Toronto: Two foreign nationals arrested on suspicion of what police say was an Al-Qaeda-backed plot to derail a Canadian passenger train rejected the charges as they made their first court appearances…

TRIPOLI, April 23 (Reuters) - A car bomb in Tripoli wounded two French guards at France's embassy in Libya on Tuesday, bringing new violence to the capital, which has not seen attacks on diplomats…

LONDON — The austerity pain pursued by a number of European countries has led to very little gain. The 2012 figures from Eurostat, the European Union’s statistics office, showed Monday that many of…