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Khalid Batarfi, an al Qaeda leader, who had served more than four years in prison, is suspected of escaping.

Maria Gabriela Chavez has been appointed as Venezuela's deputy U.N. ambassador, despite never having held a job before her appointment.

Militant attacks in the region have increased in frequency since the ouster of Mohamed Morsi in July 2013.

David's Sling can shoot down rockets with ranges between 63 miles and 125 miles, and aircraft or low-flying cruise missiles.

The two-by-two meter structure was created inside the classroom using pool fencing.

According to the report, a large number of foreign fighters were from Tunisia, Morocco, France and Russia.

Masked militants of the Somalia-based al Shabab group stormed the Garissa University campus on Thursday. The whereabouts of 535 of the schools’s 815 students are still not known.

Cruz's campaign more than surpassed its initial fundraising target, but he will still be a long way behind Jeb Bush's expected haul.

Eleven Atlanta public school educators will be sentenced to as much as 20 years in prison after a jury found them guilty of racketeering in a scandal involving at least 44 schools.Investigators described “organized and systemic misconduct” to inflate Atlanta public school test scores.

New Jersey Sen. Robert Menendez told constituents in Newark that he's "outraged" by Justice Department charges.

The Peoples Democratic Party lost majority legislative power in Nigeria for the first time in 16 years.

The trawler sank in 15 minutes and crew members were forced into the near-freezing Sea of Okhotsk.

Secretary of State John Kerry said that the U.S. wanted to do more to fight the group, but it depended on a free and fair election in Nigeria.

Burkina Faso’s government confirmed on Wednesday that an outbreak of H5N1 avian flu was responsible for the deaths of large numbers of chickens in two regions of the country in recent weeks.

Mainstream Syrian rebels seized a border crossing with Jordan from the government, the leader of one of the rebel groups and a security source on the government's side said, the first time Damascus has lost it since the start of the conflict.

Sierra Leone and Liberia have nearly eradicated the disease, but cases persist in neighboring Guinea.

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation said on Wednesday it has confirmed that Zulkifli bin Hir, one of its "most wanted terrorists," was killed in a raid in the Philippines in January.

The state could lose that amount in economic activity over the next six years due to the controversial Religious Freedom Restoration Act.

The lack of communication between the Iraqi government and fighters is creating confusion in the country.

HSBC has made only halting progress in its ongoing efforts to fall in line on compliance issues, according to a Department of Justice court document filed Wednesday.

The new law has been reportedly welcomed by many Singaporean citizens who have had many complaints of drunken disturbances in the past.

Chad's army said its forces had killed hundreds of Boko Haram militants and lost nine of its own troops in clashes in northern Nigeria on Wednesday.

Californians will have to use less water this year and if found abusing water could even face fines up to $500.

New Jersey Sen. Robert Menendez, the top foreign relations Democrat, is accused of bribery and using his office to help a donor.

Nigeria's newly elected ruler Muhammadu Buhari and President Goodluck Jonathan exchanged words of praise, but Jonathan's party rejected some results.

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier says key sticking points include the timetable for lifting Iran sanctions.

Research shows that 7 percent of U.S. millennials identify themselves as gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender.

The country may be struggling with goods shortages, but that won't put a dent in its military arsenal.

New Orleans’ tourism industry is big business and includes a number of events catering to gays, lesbians and transgender people.