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The cyberattacks launched by North Korean hackers could have similar impacts as military attacks, a key defector said.

A U.N. official had urged the organization to include the Israeli military in a list of states and organizations accused of violating children’s rights during armed conflicts.

Japan’s All Nippon Airways said Friday that it will divert some of its flights to Okinawa and Southeast Asia as a precautionary measure.

A group of regional nations met on Friday to discuss possible solutions to the ongoing crisis that has seen thousands of refugees stranded at sea.

Shepard Fairey, the artist who created the iconic “Hope” poster, said President Obama is "not even close" to living up to the ideals expressed in the poster.

Through its 'Katibah Nusantara' unit, the Islamic State group is allegedly attempting to target countries in the Malay Archipelago, according to a Singapore-based analyst.

Australian police said five of the 12 women, aged between 18 and 29, successfully joined the Islamic State group in Syria.

The death toll from the floods in Texas and Oklahoma has climbed to 24.

The Department of Justice says that the checks from Navient, formerly part of Sallie Mae, are going in the mail next month.

The Nigerian president-elect will be sworn in Friday morning.

The mosque was attended by two men who opened fire at a Prophet Muhammad cartoon contest in Texas.

The Army sergeant, who spent five years as a Taliban prisoner of war, will go on trial in July.

The Dalai Lama has urged Myanmar opposition leader and Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi to help persecuted Rohingya Muslims amid a "complicated" refugee crisis.

The FBI said on Thursday it had begun looking into the illegal access of the tax-return information of about 100,000 people disclosed by the Internal Revenue Service earlier this week.

Gawker's employees will vote June 3 on whether to form a union with the Writers Guild of America. It's not looking good.

Shelters are filling up in the northwestern state of Acre, which has become the main destination for Haitian migrants heading south in search of a better life.

Paula Jones, who levied a harassment lawsuit against President Bill Clinton in the '90s, has said that Hillary Clinton shouldn't be president.

The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority banned them after the woman behind the "Draw Muhammad" contest in Garland, Texas -- where two gunman opened fire -- submitted a satirical cartoon.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on Thursday officially withdrew his support for Common Core, which he used to support, and proposed developing a new set of state benchmarks for education.

Spain's state prosecutor charged the leader of Nigerian Islamist militant group Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, with terrorism and crimes against humanity over a 2013 attack on a Nigerian town in which a Spanish nun was assaulted, court papers said.

The Obama administration is pushing for new rules to ban discriminatory practices in federally funded Native American housing projects.

Reality TV star and real estate mogul Donald Trump appears to be setting up a run for the White House.

The Russian president approved legislation Thursday that made information on peacetime casualties a secret.

The U.S. Department of Justice has indicated that major banks could be pulled into the investigation of corruption in the soccer world.

The Supreme Court could soon decide about whether undocumented immigrants will be permitted to have equal political power and representation in the government.

The Nebraska legislature voted Thursday to override the governor's veto of a bill that allows children of undocumented immigrants to receive driver licenses.

GoPro's announcement that it will enter the drone race catapults the camera company into an already crowded industry.

Goldman Sachs' former managing director is headed to a high-level Securities and Exchange Commission position.

Fifteen Russian prisoners cut their wrists on Wednesday, May 27, in the latest incident of Russian inmates self-harming to protest alleged poor conditions and mistreatment.