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A 66-year-old Argentine has been arrested on suspicion of keeping his wife and adult son in a cage and squalid room for as long as six years.

ormer Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras played down fears on Sunday that a snap election in two weeks would produce a fractured result, saying there were enough undecided voters to produce a clear winner on the day.

 Australia will accept more refugees from camps bordering Syria and Iraq and “is open” to providing more financial assistance, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said on Sunday.

Edward Snowden criticized Russia's human-rights record, pointing to its restrictions on Internet freedom and treatment of gay people.

Guatemalans still reeling from a graft scandal that felled their president this week, head to the polls on Sunday to elect a new leader, though a tight race is seen heading to a second round run-off.

A young Tibetan who vanished two decades ago after he was chosen by the Dalai Lama as the second-highest figure in Tibetan Buddhism is "living a normal life" and does not want to be disturbed, a senior Chinese official said on Sunday.

Thailand's military-backed legislature rejected a new draft constitution Sunday, which means the first elections since last year's coup will likely not take place until 2017.

Fréderike Geerdink was arrested in January for "terrorist propaganda." Now she's been detained again.

Eyewitnesses say an armed guard slammed the customer against a concrete pillar and choked him unconscious after an argument with store staff.

British Prime Minister David Cameron's push for more military action in Syria got a nod of support from former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey.

Scores turned out to celebrate the Rowan County clerk who went to jail in protest of the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark decision on same-sex marriage.

Portable vaporizing devices aren’t as safe as you think, claims new research being used to sue e-cigarette manufacturers.

Riham Dawabsheh's 18 month-old son Ali died in the July arson attack, which was suspected of being carried out by Jewish extremists.

Authorities confirmed Friday morning's fire at a women’s health clinic in eastern Washington state was started deliberately.

The ruling by U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton was on the last of seven challenges to the 2010 law.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov agreed that discussions on the Syrian conflict would continue in New York this month.

Calls are increasing for Canada to accept more refugees.

Member states of the Group of 20 agreed to refrain from competitively devaluing their currencies.

"You have dozens of islands which are deserted and could accommodate hundreds of thousands of refugees," the billionaire said.

A “Southern Heritage” march in the nation’s capital was met by “Black Lives Matter” counter protests.

"We should all take a look in the mirror and ask how we can help," Prime Minister Juha Sipila told national broadcaster YLE.

Many opposed to granting the refugees asylum have pointed to what they say are the untenable costs of harboring so many foreign citizens.

Police in Guatemala arrested at least 25 people after a clash between supporters of two political parties, a report said Saturday.

There’s been little progress toward justice almost a year after the apparent massacre of 43 Mexican college students, attorneys for families of its presumed victims say.

Demonstrations in Beirut by the so-called You Stink movement are to take place alongside a national dialogue on the state of the Lebanese government Wednesday.

Tajikistan's government accused a former deputy defense minister, Abdukhalim Nazarzoda, of personally leading the attacks.

United Arab Emirates warplanes struck Houthi targets across Yemen, the state news agency WAM says Saturday.

The newborn baby who arrived on the shores of the Greek island of Agathonisi with his refugee parents was declared dead Saturday.

Five Colombian nationals were arrested in Bogota during a joint operation by the Colombian national police, Europol and the U.S. Secret Service.