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Some local groups in Africa's most populous country are outperforming the nation's military in fighting terrorists.

While the teenager succumbed to his wounds in a hospital, the chant, "Black lives matter," was heard at demonstrations around Madison.

The U.S. is vetting new rebels to arm, but can they defeat Bashar Assad without help in Aleppo?

Egyptian officials say Mahmoud Hassan Ramadan was hanged because he threw children from a building during the 2013 riots.

“India’s Daughter,” a film on a 2012 gang rape in New Delhi that has been banned in India, will premiere in New York on March 9.

Two men have been detained over the Russian opposition figure's slaying, according to the head of the country's Federal Security Service.

The Brazilian supreme court authorized investigators to probe several top politicians, including a former president, in a bribery case.

Mark Lippert is recovering from an attack, which left him bleeding from the face and wrist, earlier this week.

"Under the Dome", a film that explains air pollution in straightforward terms, spurred a national debate after its release last weekend.

The changes will significantly alter the organization's management structure, in a bid to enhance its accountability and efficacy.

Since 2009, about 5 percent of the detainees released have re-engaged in terrorism, as opposed to nearly 21 percent of those released earlier.

A federal inquiry found widespread corruption and racism in the town's police force that the U.S. attorney general called "shocking."

There is no shift in U.S. policy regarding Assad, and Britain and France have rejected calls to restore ties with the Assad government.

Eight people were also wounded in the attack where four gunmen opened fire using a machine gun and also threw a grenade.

Indonesia's planned execution of two Australian drug dealers has led to a major diplomatic clash between the two nations.

A judge declared a mistrial in the Jodi Arias case after a juror voted to spare the convicted murderer from a death penalty.

A Department of Justice report on Ferguson's municipal court found that its primary goal was not justice, but maximizing revenue.

Bush and other Republicans have pounded Clinton for using a personal email account for work during her tenure as secretary of state.

An Ohio man claiming sympathy with Islamic State militants and charged with plotting to attack the Capitol said in a television interview he would have shot President Obama in the head.

A mob of about 10,000 people broke into the prison where Syed Farid Khan was being held, dragged him into the streets and beat him before lynching him.

"She's a remarkable person," Bill Clinton said of Donna Shalala, who will take over the foundation amid scrutiny of its fundraising.

An American missionary who was kidnapped in central Nigeria in February was safely released to authorities and church leaders on Friday, her Free Methodist Church said in a statement.

President Obama spoke about Ferguson, Selma, the Keystone XL pipeline and gun control at a town hall event Friday at South Carolina's Benedict College.

Some Tanzanian witch doctors believe certain body parts of albinistic people can transmit magical powers.

Canada has committed a "grave violation" of aboriginal women's rights by failing to adequately investigate their numerous disappearances and murders, a United Nations committee said in a report on Friday.

The vice president famously came out in support of marriage equality before President Barack Obama did.

The UN Security Council condemned the use of chlorine in Syria and threatened to take action if such arms are used again in the conflict, but didn't lay blame for previous chlorine attacks.

Iraqi forces have cleared ISIS fighters from al-Baghdadi near a key base where U.S. Marines are training Iraqi military troops, the U.S. military said on Friday.

A proposed plan will make film production in China less risky for both domestic and foreign filmmakers.