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The US drone killing of Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansour in Baluchistan, Pakistan, in May 2016 was a significant break with US policy: For the first time, the United States struck a top Taliban leader enjoying shelter and a comfortable life in core parts of Pakistan.

A funeral has been held for a 2-year-old Nebraska boy killed by an alligator at Disney World in Lake Buena Vista, Florida.

Calgary's city council is forming a committee to look into the feasibility of a bid to host the 2026 Winter Olympics. Mayor Naheed Nenshi said Monday the decision should not be based on "emotion." The winning city will be named in 2019

As part of a sexual education program, some German schoolchildren in the northern region of North Rhine-Westphalia are provided with information about anal sex and sadomasochism, German newspaper Die Welt wrote.

Minnesota Public Radio and The Star Tribune have both won a national Edward R. Murrow Award, one of the most prestigious honors in video journalism.

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LOS ANGELES, June 21 (UPI) -- Anthony Anderson and Lauren Graham are to announce the nominees for the 68th Emmy Awards on July 14, The Television Academy said Tuesday.

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The CBI on Tuesday questioned Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh's son Vikramaditya Singh in connection with a case of alleged disproportionate assets.

Poland reach the knockout stages of the European Championship for the first time as they finish second in Group C after a 1-0 win over Ukraine in Marseille.

U.S. stocks pull back from early gains and test negative territory Tuesday after Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen said a victory for the “leave camp” in this week’s U.K. referendum on membership in the European Union would pose a significant risk to the U.S. economy and global financial market stability.

Brief, moving and powerful, Max Porter’s debut book “Grief Is the Thing With Feathers” is billed as a novel but is more like a play for voices or, possibly, a prose poem.

Mr. Bemba, a former vice president of the Democratic Republic of Congo, led a militia that committed crimes against humanity in the Central African Republic.

Photo: Carlos Avila Gonzalez / The Chronicle Image 1of/10 CaptionClose Image 1 of 10 Over the last two seasons, the Warriors compiled 54 straight home wins. Over the last two seasons, the Warriors compiled 54 straight home wins. Photo: Carlos Avila Gonzalez / The Chronicle Image 2 of 10 The Warriors won 67 games or more in consecutive seasons The Warriors won 67 games or more in consecutive seasons Photo: Ezra Shaw / Getty Images Image 3 of 10 The Warriors made an NBA record 1,007 3-point shots on the season. Читать дальше...

Over the past week, a growing number of Republican convention delegates have been organizing to mount an effort to wrest the GOP nomination from the party's presumptive nominee, pan-fried wereferret Donald Trump. For those delegates, the issue has become a matter of conscience. But now that the world has had the chance to absorb the Trump campaign's latest round of financial filings, it might be a matter of competence as well.

Report by two former policy chiefs urging move to guard against Russian threat could raise tensions with Moscow...

– A female reporter has accidentally revealed her underwear while live on air – She quickly pulled her dress back down and continued the show as if nothing happened – A video has been viewed thousands of times online Alina Moine, a Fox Sports reporter, was presenting a programme on the upcoming Rio de Janeiro Olympics when something went […]

Scores of brave individuals took part in a yoga performance on a 396-meter/1,300-foot-high transparent glass-bottom platform, at the Jingdong Stone Forest Gorge, near Beijing, on Monday.

NATO should prevent conflict escalation with Russia while making decisions at the upcoming Alliance's Warsaw summit, the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) said on Tuesday.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has issued a notice to a firm linked to Robert Vadra, son-in-law of Congress President Sonia Gandhi, in connection with its probe into alleged money laundering in a land deal in Rajasthan's Bikaner district.

Sen. Shelby defended a controversial vote and questioned the Fed's credibility.

About a half-dozen ride-hailing firms have rushed into Texas tech hub Austin after market leaders Uber and Lyft left the city last month in a huff over municipal requirements that they fingerprint drivers. Several other U.S. cities and states, from Atlanta to Chicago to the state of California, are considering requiring ride-hailing services to fingerprint drivers, making Austin a test case for the risk that the big companies face when they refuse to comply.

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– UPDATE: Mercy Johnson denies reports of her husband, Prince Odi Okojie, being picked as Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu’s running mate – Earlier reports had claimed Ize-Iyamu and Prince Odi will be running under Peoples Democratic Party – Flyers of Mercy Johnson’s husband going for the deputy governor were reportedly seen around Benin even before the PDP […]