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The fighting between government troops and ethnic rebels erupted in the Shan State, which borders China.

As the New Jersey Governor seeks to build support for a 2016 presidential bid, a record number of state voters disapprove of his performance.

This marks the sixth such incident since November on a Christian institution.

"This is not permissible, Sheikh," said a note in Arabic reportedly attached to a severed head's nearby corpse.

The bank is believed to have hired Chinese officials' children as a way of securing investment work from the government.

The stricken Australian-flagged fishing vessel has been trapped in thick ice in Antarctica since Tuesday, after damaging its propeller.

Opposition MPs were forcibly removed from President Jacob Zuma's State of The Union address Thursday after accusing him of corruption.

Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Holocaust survivor Wiesel is lending his support to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's March 3 speech to Congress on the dangers of Iran's nuclear program.

Minutes before his death, Michael Brown allegedly robbed the market, which was set afire during a subsequent riot in the Missouri town.

A federal judge on Thursday ordered an Alabama official to comply with her earlier ruling striking down the state's ban on same-sex matrimony and start issuing marriage licenses to gay couples.

Al Qaeda overtook an army base in southern Yemen Thursday, and the U.N. is expressing concern.

The latest Boko Haram attack, carried out by a female, reportedly killed at least seven people in the city of Biu, in Borno state.

A number of Israeli citizens have reportedly joined the Islamic State, which has attracted roughly 20,000 foreign fighters.

The A-10 was designed in the 1970s to kill Russian tanks. It never had to, but now it's being sent to Russia's doorstep.

One of the winning Powerball tickets was bought in Puerto Rico, highlighting an ongoing taxation argument.

In the online game featuring a very overweight Kim and retro arcade graphics, it's impossible not to get a hole-in-one.

Reservations for Valentine's Day dinner at White Castle fill up quickly. Find out what phone number to call here.

Some ISIS fighters are defecting in disgust, but others are faking desertion to go back to the West without raising suspicion.

Eight of the 10 worst maritime polluting nations were Asian. Here's how much worse the world's oceans will look in 10 years.

Carter will replace current defense secretary Chuck Hagel, who announced his intention to step down from the position in December.

Did Putin get what he wanted? And what about Poroshenko, who faces hardliners at home that will likely resist the terms he accepted?

The government has said the crackdown is part of a campaign to ensure that foreigners do not participate in the closely fought vote.

"My death needs to mean something," Leelah wrote in her suicide note, so organizations are working to make sure it does.

The Minsk ceasefire doesn't take effect until Sunday. That means people will still die in east Ukraine until then.

Colin Sutherland, who has known Amanda Know since middle school, reportedly wrote to her while she faced a murder trial in Italy in 2007.

The e-commerce giant's support for same-sex couples in China could earn it a piece of a demographic with $470 billion in purchasing power.

The eleventh-hour agreement could very well unravel if leaders can't hammer out solutions to the many unresolved issues.

The deal stipulates that a ceasefire will go into effect between Ukrainian forces and Russian-backed separatists starting on Sunday.

Staffers in one Republican senator's office said the protesters sat on the floors and disrupted telephone calls.