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Update as of 6:57 a.m. EDT: The United States has begun delivering relief supplies to refugees fleeing the advance of the Islamic State, formerly known as Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, or ISIS,…

A Russian group has hacked 1.2 billion usernames and passwords belonging to more than 500 million email addresses, according to Hold Security - a US firm specialising in discovering breaches. Hold…

Taiwanese authorities are investigating LCY Chemical Corp., the Taipei-based petrochemicals firm that made the pipes that burst in Thursday night's deadly gas-pipeline explosions in Kaohsiung. The…

Update as of 3:13 a.m. EDT: At least 25 people have been killed in a series of massive explosions triggered by a gas leak, Reuters reported, adding that the blasts set entire city blocks on fire, and…

Chinese companies are gaining ground at the expense of established leaders in the global smartphone market, which is reaching greater heights, according to a new report released by International Data…

A US judge has ruled that the LA Clippers basketball team can be sold, despite the objections of banned co-owner Donald Sterling. Judge Michael Levanas said the $2bn sale could go ahead. Mr Sterling,…

U.S. President Barack Obama said Friday unaccompanied child migrants caught crossing the country’s border illegally “will be subject to repatriation to their home countries,” BBC News reported. Obama…

(Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund on Thursday chopped its 2014 forecast for global economic growth to take into account weakness early in the year in the United States and China, the world's…

The 2014 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony has taken place at Celtic Park in Glasgow. Thousands of athletes from 71 nations and territories took part before a 40,000-strong crowd and a global TV…

Johns Hopkins Hospital in the US state of Maryland has agreed to pay $190m (£111m) after some 8,000 women joined a legal case claiming a gynaecologist had secretly recorded them. Dr Nikita Levy, who…

Press Statement Jen Psaki Department Spokesperson Washington, DC July 19, 2014 We are deeply concerned by the Russia-backed separatists’ refusal to allow OSCE monitors safe and unfettered access to…

Foreign & Commonwealth Office Media Release The Foreign and Commonwealth Office today launched a new map to show the impact climate change could have on the whole planet by the end of the century…

The University of Texas has won a court battle to continue to use race as a factor in selecting undergraduates. A federal appeals court panel ruled that it could use so-called affirmative action as a…

The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has found the United States violated global trade rules when it imposed tariffs on products from China and India. In response to a 2012 complaint, the WTO said the…

Eight Iranian activists who oversee pages on Facebook -- which is banned in Iran -- were sentenced to a combined 127 years in jail after an Iranian court found they spread propaganda, tried to…