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By The Associated Press In this photo by Ashwini Bhatia, an exile Tibetan prays as she listens to a talk by spiritual leader the Dalai Lama at the Tsuglakhang temple in Dharmsala, India. The...
By The Associated Press In this photo by Ashwini Bhatia, an exile Tibetan prays as she listens to a talk by spiritual leader the Dalai Lama at the Tsuglakhang temple in Dharmsala, India. The Dalai Lama,...
The people of Thailand celebrated King Bhumibol Adulyadej's 87th birthday Friday with both joy and trepidation, as the ailing monarch failed to make an expected public appearance at a time when there is already...
Thais celebrated King Bhumibol Adulyadej's 87th birthday Friday with both joy and trepidation as the ailing monarch failed to make an expected public appearance at a time of growing concern over his succession.
A ferocious and dangerously erratic typhoon blew closer to the Philippines Friday, as differing forecasts about its path - one predicting it will graze the capital Manila - prompted a much wider swath of the...
Half a million Filipinos fled their homes as differing forecasts about the path of a dangerously erratic typhoon - one predicting it will graze the capital, Manila - prompted a wide swath of the country to prepare for a...
China's official Xinhua News Agency says the country's former security chief, Zhou Yongkang, has been expelled from the Communist Party.
Chinese authorities arrested the once-feared ex-security chief Zhou Yongkang and launched a criminal investigation Saturday on charges ranging from adultery and bribery to leaking state secrets, after expelling him from...
The British Museum has loaned one of the Parthenon Marbles to Russia's Hermitage Museum - the first time in 200 years that any of the ancient sculptures, whose return has been strongly demanded by Greece, has...
One of the British Museum's much-disputed Parthenon Marbles was unveiled Friday after being sent in secret to Russia - a surprise move that outraged Greece, which has long demanded the return of the artifacts.
The cost to poor countries of adjusting to ever-hotter temperatures will be twice or even three times higher than previously thought, the U.N.'s environment agency said Friday - and that assumes a best-case...
The cost to poor countries of adjusting to ever-hotter temperatures will be two or even three times higher than previously thought, the U.N.'s environment agency said Friday - and that assumes a best-case scenario in...
A Sunni militant commander in Syria who has pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group has threatened to "retaliate" against Lebanese Shiites over the arrest of his wife and two children in Lebanon, according to...
An al-Qaida-linked group in Syria announced Friday that it killed a Lebanese soldier it was holding captive as retaliation for the Lebanese government's detention of the wives and children of Islamic militants.
The U.S. has carried out a series of airstrikes in recent days against some of Pakistan's most wanted militants hiding in a remote border area, the latest sign of improving relations between the two reluctant...
The fitful U.S. relationship with Pakistan, which U.S. officials say is crucial to the future of Afghanistan and the effort to defeat al-Qaida, has been improving lately after years of bitter recriminations following the...
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu was heading to Athens Friday for a two-day official visit, including a joint Cabinet meeting and talks on often testy bilateral ties with his Greek counterpart.
The Greek and Turkish prime ministers on Friday stressed the importance of improving often frosty relations between their two countries, while acknowledging significant differences remain.
Hundreds of Americans and others deported by France's state rail company SNCF during the Nazi occupation will be entitled to compensation under a new U.S.-French agreement.
Thousands of Holocaust survivors and family members in the United States and elsewhere will be entitled to compensation from a $60 million French-U.S. fund announced Friday - reparations to those deported by France's...
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This cat had two faces - but only nine lives.
This cat had two faces - but only nine lives.
You could say these cows were on the MOO-ve.
You could say these cows were on the MOO-ve.
A for-profit Florida college used exotic dancers as admissions officers, falsified documents and coached students to lie on financial forms as it fraudulently obtained millions of dollars in federal money,...
A for-profit Florida college used exotic dancers as admissions officers, falsified documents and coached students to lie on financial forms as it fraudulently obtained millions of dollars in federal money, according to a...
A Washington state man is accused of swapping furniture with his neighbors while they were away.
A Washington state man is accused of swapping furniture with his neighbors while they were away.
Two young brothers from southeastern Wisconsin are likely hoping they haven't landed on Santa's naughty list after police showed up at their doorstep.
Two young brothers from southeastern Wisconsin are likely hoping they haven't landed on Santa's naughty list after police showed up at their doorstep.
The Salvation Army has returned a $10,000 gold-and-diamond ring to a Pittsburgh-area woman who accidentally dropped it into a donation kettle.
The Salvation Army has returned a $10,000 gold-and-diamond ring to a Pittsburgh-area woman who accidentally dropped it into a donation kettle.
A 70-year-old New Mexico woman banned from a bingo hall is fighting to get back in the game.
A 70-year-old New Mexico woman banned from a bingo hall is fighting to get back in the game.
A woman in southern Colorado was surprised when she gave birth to a baby girl that tipped the scales at almost 14 pounds.
A woman in southern Colorado was surprised when she gave birth to a baby girl who tipped the scales at almost 14 pounds.
Twelve years after losing a coin toss in a tied election for alderman in coastal Mississippi, independent Charles Piazza won a tie by drawing the longer of two straws.
Twelve years after losing a coin toss in a tied election for alderman in coastal Mississippi, independent Charles Piazza won a tie by drawing the longer of two straws.
Vermont State Police say a 48-year-old man drove his pickup truck off the road, piloted another off the road trying to pull the first one out and then drove an ATV, all while intoxicated.
Vermont State Police say a 48-year-old man drove his pickup truck off the road, piloted another off the road trying to pull the first one out and then drove an ATV, all while intoxicated.
