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AirAsia Flight QZ8501 vanished before air traffic controllers could grant permission for it to ascend to 38,000 feet.

A lawyer who represents al-Wefaq said the charges include incitement against the government.

U.S. troops formally ended their mission in Afghanistan Sunday as the Taliban continued to attack.

Tim Zoll initially said he was misquoted by the Washington Post, but later admitted calling the Brown memorial "a pile of trash."

Croatia, which joined the EU in July last year, has had six years of recession with prospects of zero growth in 2015.

The number of people killed by ISIS has more than doubled in recent months.

Rudy Giuliani said President Obama should sever his ties to Al Sharpton, whom he called "the poster boy for hating the police."

The veteran of the Iran-Iraq War between 1980 and 1988 was shot by a sniper in Samarra.

Soon after the blast, police were ordered on higher alert in Mumbai, Delhi and Pune.

Jeb Bush's lead over Chris Christie is significant because it's larger than the poll's margin of error.

This year, the Islamic State group rose to infamy on a wave of murders. Next year, it will behave more like a government.

After the anti-homosexuality law was passed in September, Violet Grey began warning its 47 members to keep a lower profile.

Jeb Bush has released some of his emails as he prepares for a possible U.S. presidential bid in 2016.

Officer Stewart had been on the force for less than one year.

However, an opposition leader says Moscow has no clear initiative for the talks to end the civil war.

Former President George H.W. Bush is reported doing well after being hospitalized since Tuesday.

It is the first time Agca has returned to the Vatican since 1981.

New York Police Department members in a sea of blue turned their backs as Mayor Bill de Blasio spoke at slain officer's funeral Saturday.

“The Greek people do not want early elections,” PM Antonis Samaras said during an interview on state television Saturday.

North Korea is pointing a finger at the U.S. over its Internet and 3G mobile network outages, but some speculate China could be involved.

The U.S. once offered $33 million for information leading to the capture of the al-Shabab militant leader and seven others.

NYPD officer Rafael Ramos and his partner Wenjian Liu were killed last weekend.

“Sweden has a tradition of solving difficult questions,” its PM says. “I am happy we have reached a deal.”

The move will help “root out illegal religious activities” in the country, officials say.

The surge of Central American immigrant children into the U.S. rattled the immigration debate this year, and it may resurface next year.

North Korea says the U.S. president "is the chief culprit who forced" Sony Pictures to "indiscriminately distribute" the film.

The attack on the police comes just a day after Egyptian security forces shot dead two militants of Sinai-based Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis.

The incident is the second such case in the area this month after a man with a knife, was shot and killed by the police at Hollywood Boulevard.

Pakistan has executed six people since a moratorium on capital punishment was lifted after a Taliban attack on a Peshawar school this month.