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London terrorist attack? Possible terror act being investigated after man is…

A British official says a violent attack near a London barracks is being investigated as a possible terrorist act.

VIDEO: Astronaut Chris Hadfield sings David Bowie's 'Space Oddity', creates…

As Commander Chris Hadfield was preparing to end his stint at the International Space Station, he recorded the first music video from space, a cover of David

Search ends for Bangladesh building collapse victims, government to allow…

The Bangladesh army says it has ended the search for bodies in a collapsed building after finding the bodies of 1,127 victims.

Scientists: Greenhouse gas level highest in 2 million years

Worldwide levels of the greenhouse gas that plays the biggest role in global warming have reached their highest level in almost 2 million years -- an amount

Rescuers pull survivor from rubble 17 days after Bangladesh building collapse

Bangladesh rescue workers have freed a woman trapped for 17 days in the rubble of a collapsed building.

Israel officials: Strike on Syria targeted weapons

Israeli officials have confirmed the country's air force carried out a strike against Syria and say it targeted a shipment of advanced missiles.

Zubeidat Tsarnaeva, mother of bomb suspects Dhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev,…

The angry and grieving mother of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects insists that her sons are innocent and that she's no terrorist.

NKorea charges US man of plot to overthrow regime

North Korea announced Saturday that an American detained for nearly six months is being tried in the Supreme Court on charges of plotting to overthrow the

Twitter account of the Associated Press hacked; tweet about White House attack…

Hackers have compromised the main Twitter account of The Associated Press, sending out an erroneous tweet about an attack at the White House.

Alleged al-Qaida terror attack foiled in Canada, 2 men arrested, charged for…

Two men were arrested and charged with plotting a terrorist attack against a Canadian passenger train, police said Monday.

Czechs: we're not Chechens

A number of comments by Americans on social media mistaking the Czech Republic for the country of origin of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects prompted the

Margaret Thatcher, Britain's Iron Lady, laid to rest with full pomp

Margaret Thatcher, Britain's Iron Lady, was laid to rest Wednesday with a level of pomp and protest reflecting her status as a commanding, polarizing political

7.8-magnitude quake strikes Iran-Pakistan border, dozens reported killed

Iranian state-run TV says at least 40 people are dead after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake.

16 killed in attack on Somali Supreme Court

Nine al-Shabab Islamic extremists, most wearing suicide vests, stormed Somalia's main court complex on Sunday while the Supreme Court was in session, firing a

Air bag recall: Toyota, Honda, Nissan announce air bag recall

Toyota, Honda and Nissan are recalling more than 3 million vehicles globally for an identical problem with air bags on the passenger side whose inflator may

List: Paul McCartney still UK's richest musician

Paul McCartney remains Britain's wealthiest musician, according to the Sunday Times Rich List.

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