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Hurricane Arthur made landfall at the southern end of North Carolina’s Outer Banks Thursday night, forcing thousands of vacationers in the state to scrap their Independence Day plans amid evacuation…

ore than 130 children have been kidnapped by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), inside Syria’s town of Manbij. The children have been missing for a month, yet their kidnapping has gone…

UK airports have said they are running as usual, after the US urged tightened security amid warnings of a "credible" terrorism threat. Heathrow and Gatwick both said they were operating "as normal".…

Authorities in the UK intend to investigate the controversial “psychological experiment” carried out by Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ : FB) on nearly 700,000 users of its social media portal, the Financial…

U.S. Department of Justice. Media Release WASHINGTON—According to court documents submitted today, BNP Paribas S.A. (BNPP), a global financial institution headquartered in Paris, agreed to enter a…

CNN) -- Gunfire struck seven people on Bourbon Street in New Orleans early Sunday, police spokesman Frank Robertson said. The shooting happened at 2:45 a.m. in the French Quarter, CNN affiliate WDSU…

"Drastic action" is needed to contain the spread of deadly Ebola in West Africa, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Nearly 400 people have died in the outbreak which started in Guinea…

Zhang Zhijun, a senior Chinese official in charge of handling relationships with Taiwan, reached Taipei on Wednesday for a four-day trip that includes meetings with ministers to improve bilateral…

Washington, D.C. June 23, 2014 FBI National Press Office Press Release During the past week, the FBI; its local, state, and federal law enforcement partners; and the National Center for Missing &…

The father of a British teenager who travelled to Syria to join jihadists believes his son was radicalised by an imam at a UK mosque. Rahim Kalantar told the BBC his son Ali, 18, travelled to Syria…

As the Justice Department winds down its eight-year crusade against Swiss banks selling offshore tax-dodging services to wealthy Americans, the Internal Revenue Service is offering its own parting…

Extra security is planned for the Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro for the World Cup game between Russia and Belgium on Sunday. The number of police officers on duty will rise by 600 to 3,100. About…

The US has imposed sanctions against separatists in eastern Ukraine, as the crisis there shows no sign of easing. The sanctions include asset freezes against seven pro-Russian leaders. The move was…

The US has imposed sanctions on Uganda for anti-gay laws it says are "counter to universal human rights". It said Ugandans involved in human rights abuses against gay people would be banned from…

The number of people killed by the deadly Ebola virus in West Africa has risen to 337, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said. Fourteen deaths and 47 new cases were reported across the region…