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Rebel leader Riek Machar's long-awaited return to the capital of South Sudan has been delayed, his spokesman says, citing "logistical reasons". The return of Riek Machar, who left Juba at the start...

Key Syrian rebel groups vowed to strike back against alleged regime ceasefire violations, casting doubt on the future of fragile peace talks due to resume in Geneva.

The biggest earthquake in Ecuador in decades has killed 272 people -- but that toll will 'certainly' rise even further, the president says as overwhelmed rescuers struggle to pull survivors out of ...

The most powerful earthquake to hit Ecuador in decades has killed 272 people -- a toll that will 'certainly' rise, President Rafael Correa said, as overwhelmed rescuers Monday struggled to pull sur...

Rebel leader Riek Machar's long-awaited return to the capital of South Sudan was delayed on Monday, his spokesman said, citing "logistical reasons". Machar's return and swearing-in as vice presiden...

The most powerful earthquake to hit Ecuador in decades has killed 272 people -- a toll that will 'certainly' rise, President Rafael Correa said, as overwhelmed rescuers Monday struggled to pull sur...

At least 30 people were killed and hundreds wounded when a Taliban truck bomb tore through central Kabul and a fierce firefight broke out Tuesday, a week after the insurgents launched their annual ...

In a vast, light-filled room, a dozen girls in identical lavender leotards, hair in tight chignons, all strike an arabesque pose and share the same dream: one day joining Russia's legendary Bolshoi...

The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster holds the world's first legally recognised marriage in New Zealand, with the offbeat movement hailing it as a milestone toward acceptance as a real religion.

New York began voting Tuesday in a high-stakes presidential primary tipped to hand Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump victories in the race to clinch the Democratic and Republican tickets to the Whit...

Forced into prositution and imprisoned in a Beirut brothel, 'Soha' is one of more and more Syrian women made vulnerable by war who are becoming victims of sexual exploitation.

US presidential hopeful Donald Trump gives his last-minute pitch in New York before the state's primary, but makes a big gaffe when he mixes up 9/11 with 7/11.