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After 52 years of war and bloodshed, the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia have agreed to a peace deal.

A young British woman was stabbed to death on Tuesday evening by a man who allegedly screamed 'Allahu Akbar' repeatedly when he killed her.

The search was originally scheduled to end this summer but encountered bad weather in the Indian Ocean.

The attack, carried out by two gunmen who stormed the university campus Wednesday, killed 12 and injured several more people.

A prominent rabbi defends the swim garb that has been banned across a string of beaches in France.

The world's largest natural giant clam pearl may have been hiding under a fisherman's bed for ten years.

You can give blood or send money to the victims of Wednesday's earthquake.

One-month-old Syrian conjoined twins Nawras and Moaz have died in Damascus while waiting to get government passports for vital surgery abroad.

Siloe — a small Spanish publishing house that specializes in producing replicas — has been granted the right to clone one of the world’s most mysterious books.

A new technology has been developed that makes entire organisms “transparent for whole-body imaging” and could allow for mapping of “neuronal, glial and vascular connections.”

The 6.8-magnitude quake's effects were also felt in neighboring Thailand and India.

The leak contains more than 22,000 pages of details about the secret combat capabilities of six Scorpene-class submarines that DCNS has designed for the Indian navy.

Pope Francis said he would postpone his weekly address on religious teachings until next week.

New data gathered during a Kickstarter-funded telescopic survey of KIC 8462852 has so far failed to shed light on the behavior of the "most mysterious star in our galaxy."

DNA circuits can be far smaller than those made of silicon and work in wet conditions, but are currently far slower than their conventional counterparts.

The projectile, which fell into waters inside Japan’s air defense identification zone, flew about 311 miles — regarded by Seoul as a successful flight.

Researchers in the United States, though, will get another opportunity to verify the findings during next year’s total solar eclipse.

Researchers found that several labs were ill-equipped to conduct HIV-infection monitoring tests, which may hinder diagnosis and treatment efforts.

A 6.2-magnitude earthquake hit central Italy early Wednesday, killing dozens and damaging towns and villages.

Two bombs exploded late Tuesday near a hotel in the southern coastal town of Pattani, less than two weeks after a wave of unexplained bombings in the country.

A deal would aim to bring an end to a half century of conflict with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia that has killed over 220,000 and displaced millions.

The latest operation was carried out to wipe out militants of the Islamic State group along the Turkey-Syria border, the Turkish government announced Wednesday.

Black British blogger Michelle Marie faced a slew of hateful and racist comments within hours of taking over Ireland’s official Twitter account on Monday.

Aug. 23 marks the feast day of St. Rose of Lima, the patron saint of Peru and Latin America. Here eight things to know.

A new study has shown that coral reefs in the eastern Pacific region are part of a population that has, for at least the past 20 years, been completely separated from the rest of the Pacific Ocean.

Heather Wheeler, a pro-Brexit member of the U.K. parliament, sparked outrage on Twitter with a seemingly colonial-era congratulatory note to British athletes.

Safety standards in Bangladesh have been under a spotlight in recent years after a series of fires in garment factories in which many hundreds of workers have been killed.

Reports emerged over the weekend of a suspected militant plot to attack the holiday destination.

Researchers monitored nearly 39,000 women and found that the risk of breast cancer in those who used combined hormone replacement therapy tripled.