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AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch police acting on a tip-off discovered six young adult siblings who had apparently spent years locked away in a secret room in an…

Relatives of detained Kashmiri political leader Farooq Abdullah Kashmir and chief minister Omar Abdullah were arrested after staging a protest in Srinagar calling for their release (AFP…

Four inmates from a Texas federal prison were caught after they escaped and returned with whiskey and cellphones, officials say.<p class="canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm" type="text" content="The…

Amelia Earhart in December of 1937. (Library of Congress via The New York Times)MoreFor two weeks in August, a multimillion-dollar search from air, land and sea sought…

Navalny's group often publishes investigations into top state officials (AFP Photo/Yuri KADOBNOV)Moscow (AFP) - Russian investigators raided opposition offices across the country on Tuesday, in the latest…

(Bloomberg) -- The Philippines’ top court on Tuesday decided to release the initial results of the vice-presidential vote recount, which the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos’ son said…

A vehicle sits in front of a home destroyed by Typhoon Hagibis Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019, in Nagano, Japan. More victims and more damage have been found…

Police officers patrol outside the Legislative Council Complex, in central Hong KongMoreBy Donny Kwok and Anne Marie RoantreeHONG KONG (Reuters) - Embattled Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam…

Briana Lopez, a freshman at Lincoln High School and a member of the school's band, practices the clarinet at her home in Lincoln, Calif., Monday, Oct. 14,…

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — Leticia de la Rosa sat impatiently in the hospital lobby, desperate to find out if her son was still alive.<p class="canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm…

At least 85,000 law enforcement officers across the USA have been investigated or disciplined for misconduct over the past decade, an investigation by USA TODAY Network found.Officers have…

(Bloomberg) -- The black-clad protesters pushing back against China’s influence in Hong Kong aren’t just focusing on Carrie Lam and the police. They’re also targeting mainland-based brands…

Bowe Bergdahl, pictured arriving for his January 2016 sentencing.More<p class="canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm" type="text" content="A US soldier shot in the head during the 2009 search for…

With airstrikes and artillery, Turkey has launched an offensive aimed at crushing Kurdish fighters in northern Syria.;<p class="canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm" type="text" content="WASHINGTON (AP) — The…

Vatican head of security Domenico Giani, right, flanks Pope Francis' pope mobile at the end of a canonization Mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday,…

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On Oct. 2, 2018, a Saudi citizen — Jamal Khashoggi — became the victim of a heinous crime in the kingdom’s consulate in Istanbul, Turkey. The crime…

A fast four-door is something special—and secretive. Even the burliest, muscled-up sedans can slip under the radar of most fellow commuters, who see a family-oriented grocery-getter, not…

Senator Cory Booker (D., N.J.) admonished fellow presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg on Monday for referring to a mandatory gun buyback proposal as “confiscation” on the grounds that…

Fort Worth Police Department officer Aaron York Dean is seen in a booking photo at the Tarrant County Jail(Reuters) - A white Fort Worth, Texas, police officer…

This week, the Washington Times published a story saying that Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., had spent $80 on a haircut and $180 on color at a Washington,…