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Chinese superstar Sun Yang and American sensation Katie Ledecky suffered surprise defeats at the world championship on Wednesday while the...

It was a time of chaos and intrigue in Russia, laden with questions about political legitimacy. So goes the plot...

The US Federal Reserve kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged on Wednesday but gave no clear signal about the chances...

A German helicopter with two crew on board crashed in northern Mali on Wednesday in an apparent accident while monitoring...

Surveying the rocky no-man's land on Lebanon's eastern border with Syria, Hezbollah fighters recalled the "difficult" battle they fought to...

A fallout between Turkey and Israel deepened on Wednesday as the Jewish state hit back at Turkish President Recep Tayyip...

Steve Scalise, the US congressman shot last month by a gunman angry about President Donald Trump, has been released from...

Reinvigorated US Senate Republicans on Wednesday resumed their marathon effort to uproot Obamacare, but what their health legislation may ultimately...

The UN Security Council on Wednesday warned that the Democratic Republic of Congo and the region could face further turmoil...

Seven Mexicans were among the 10 migrants who suffocated in an overcrowded, sweltering truck smuggling them into the United States,...

They come every day, spreading out prayer mats in a Jerusalem street under the watchful eyes of Israeli police and...

The 51-year-old US Representative Steve Scalise, seen in 2014, "is in good spirits and is looking forward to his return...

World stock markets climbed Wednesday, with all eyes on the Federal Reserve's US interest rate decision as corporate America pushed...

The leader of India's eastern Bihar state resigned from his post on Wednesday in a surprise move widely expected to...

Eight people were killed when a four-storey building collapsed after heavy rains in Nigeria's commercial hub of Lagos, the emergency...

A new bout of violence in the Central African Republic that has killed nine peacekeepers this year risks derailing years...

Wasabi and Okinawan sweet potato may not be everyone's preferred type of Kit Kat but booming demand for exotic flavours...

The EU has warned Poland it will suspend its voting rights if it pushes ahead with controversial court reforms, sparking...

Sales of new US homes rose slightly in June, hitting their highest level in three months, as demand for housing...

The United Nations named three international experts on Wednesday to investigate atrocities in the Kasai region of the Democratic Republic...