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The children were spotted at a rebel roadblock near the contested village of Shyrokyne, 10 miles from the Ukraine-held port town of Mariupol.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said late Thursday that harsh penalty will be enforced for prison workers who cross their line.

Tens of thousands are expected to take to the streets in the coming days, but a repeat of the chaos of last year's Occupy protests seems unlikely.

If convicted, Dominique Strauss-Kahn — once tipped to become the president of France — would have faced 10 years in prison.

The comments by the U.S. envoy to the United Nations are considered to be one of Washington’s toughest rebukes to Moscow in recent times.

The plan, which calls for removing spent fuel and cleaning contaminated water, is expected to take place over 30 to 40 years.

Several media reports have identified Rachel Dolezal's parents as a white couple from Montana, despite her claims to be African-American.

Shia-majority Iran is now providing arms and funds to the Taliban, a hard-line Sunni group, according to a report.

A school teacher in Pakistan accidentally discharged a bullet while cleaning his pistol Thursday, killing a 12-year-old student.

Three female police officers had accused a deputy police chief of sharing inappropriate photos with other officers.

The U.S. is leading an aerial campaign against ISIS in Iraq and Syria since last August.

The child-rights group, which has been targeted by the Pakistani government in the past, said all its 1,200 employees in the country were locals.

Palau has been named one of the world's biodiversity hotspots and has been praised for its ecological protection measures, but faces a growing tide of illegal fishing.

The Israeli military cleared itself of all charges related to the deaths of four Palestinian children during last year's bombing of a beach in the Gaza Strip.

Nicholas Rovinski is reportedly the third suspect linked to an alleged Islamist plot to attack law enforcement officials in Boston.

Enrique Hernandez was giving a stump speech when he and a city council candidate were gunned down in a drive-by shooting in western Mexico.

The IRS announced new tax security measures Thursday to keep hackers from stealing personal tax data.

Deaths from the drug known as "spice" have tripled so far in 2015, compared with the same period in 2014.

A judge in Cleveland has issued an advisory opinion that there is probable cause to charge Timothy Loehmann in the November shooting of the 12-year-old.

Syria's Southern Front Opposition is battling the regime for territory and for the loyalty of the local minority population.

A massacre by an al-Qaeda-linked group underscores the challenge faced by the carefully neutral Druze community.

Information was stolen from at least 4 million federal workers in the latest infiltration at the Office of Personnel Management.

"A woman who is seeking an abortion has already carefully considered her decision," the ACLU says.

Three students are threatening to sue after being suspended for sending a school-wide email on Islamophobia.

On the second anniversary of Edward Snowden's disclosures about government spying, public opinion has evolved. Has the Obama administration?

The practice had been suspended under the reign of Kim Jong Un's father, who was also his predecessor.

Congress advanced a budget resolution that does little to curb D.C.'s legalization law, but prohibits selling weed for two years.

Federal government employees have been frustrated with the Office of Personnel Management's response to the data breach.

"The schools are becoming more like battlefields," a local official said.