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So far, 16 candidates in the country have been killed amid continuing threats of boycott and disruptions ahead of Sunday's elections.

In a conversation with a psychiatrist, shown to jurors in his murder trial, James Holmes said he hoped someone at a mental health hotline would talk him out of killing people.

Syrian opposition leaders claim that President Bashar Assad's forces are "openly serving" the Islamic State group as they bomb rebels while ISIS advances.

At least five rocks were hurled through the windows of the Lindt café, which was the scene of a deadly siege in December.

It was not clear what caused the crash, authorities told the Chicago Tribune.

More than 200 divers are combing through the cruise ship that capsized in the Yangtze River in China Monday night. The Eastern Star had 456 people on board.

The lab was equipped to produce three tons of cocaine and synthetic drugs every month.

The U.S. Air Force formally kicked off a competition for development of new prototype rocket propulsion systems, and address the "urgent need" to end U.S. reliance on Russian engines to launch military and intelligence satellites.

The U.S. urged east African states to send high-level representatives to Burundi to reiterate their opposition to President Pierre Nkurunziza seeking a third term and to press for free and fair elections.

The Tanzanian government warned lawmakers of phony promises from witch doctors who use albino body parts in potions claiming to bring good fortune.

Judge Katherine Forrest told Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht she doubted he regretted operating the online drug market.

The government will no longer collect American phone metadata in bulk. But what is metadata, anyway?

Majid Khan's recently disclosed account of his time in Guantanamo goes beyond what was previously stated in the Senate report released last year, Reuters reported.

The Senate voted 67-32 to reauthorize much of the Patriot Act, renamed the USA Freedom Act.

Someone painted the ominous words in black on a wall beneath a basketball hoop outside Miller Elementary School in Salem, Oregon.

A bill would make the state the first in the country to allow undocumented immigrants to enroll in healthcare programs on the state exchange.

China's positive reaction to Vanity Fair's Caitlyn Jenner cover story may have something to do with the country's Olympic obsession.

The People's Liberation Army will conduct live-fire exercises on the border with Myanmar, in what may be a message to the government.

A passenger who survived reportedly said the ship capsized because of a strong storm with heavy rains.

The American-born Israeli soldier punished for eating a ham sandwich has been spared from a military jail sentence.

Challenging White House claims on the TPP, protesters showed it's not so easy to just "walk over" and "read the text."

Outrage over a spate of gruesome murders, including that of a pregnant 14-year-old, is fueling a mass campaign against gender violence.

Two years after Google unveiled Google Glass, China has come up with its own version.

A new government proposal may subsidize high-speed Internet. For now, thousands of low-income Americans struggle without access.

The European Union criticized Israel in May for approving the construction of 900 new settler homes in East Jerusalem.

The complaint could be an indicator that voting rights will become a major issue in the presidential election cycle.

Big banks, once dominant in the home loan market, have given way to the so-called shadow banking sector, which faces fewer regulations.

The row house of the Democrat who was at the front of the efforts to calm riots in Baltimore caught fire Tuesday morning.

A human rights organization says aid has been unevenly distributed to members of lower castes in the country.