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Looking to take a strong stake in India's growth in coming years, Japan's SoftBank will invest $10 billion in local Internet-based opportunities.

The U.N.'s special rapporteur on human rights in Iran has raised concerns over the "alarming" increase in executions in the country.

The U.S. CDC has provided guidelines aimed at building a national standard on the way to handle the Ebola virus.

The FBI searched the house of a government contractor in Northern Virginia, Yahoo News reported Monday, citing sources.

The new bill was introduced less than a week after a gunman stormed Canada's parliament building, killing a soldier at a nearby war memorial.

Loretta Lynch, the head federal prosecutor in Brooklyn, is emerging as a leading candidate to replace U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, according to people familiar with the matter.

Republicans already are expected to win three of the six seats they need to control the Senate.

Georgia and Minnesota instituted new Ebola restrictions Monday, the same day N.J. and N.Y. eased mandatory quarantine requirements.

In a video released by Islamic State militants, John Cantlie speaks to the camera reportedly from Kobani.

The family name isn't his biggest problem. On immigration and education, Bush is out of step with Republican primary voters.

Nurse Kaci Hickox, who returned to the U.S. after treating patients in Sierra Leone, has described her quarantine experience as "frightening."

New York City, Miami and Chicago are some of the cities refusing to hand over immigrants at the request of federal authorities.

Residents of Baghdad say government militias haven't been able to protect them from ISIS car and suicide bombers.

The "fast-moving situation" of Ebola in New York led to miscommunication, de Blasio said, but he has a history of being slighted by Cuomo.

Ebola experts believe arrival screenings for the virus are largely ineffective.

Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir could rule for another 25 years despite his indictment by the International Criminal Court.

Craig Spencer was in contact with several friends prior to developing a fever and testing positive for Ebola.

A march by "Hooligans Against Salafism" turned violent on Sunday. Some shouted "foreigners out" and displayed far-right paraphernalia.

Oscar Pistorius is serving between 10 months and five years behind bars for culpable homicide, but prosecutors want a harsher conviction.

Militants with Jabhat al-Nusra Front stormed Syria's government buildings in Idlib Monday, gaining ground in the city for the first time since 2012.

The vote's final round on Nov. 30 is expected to be one of the narrowest Uruguay has faced in years. The country's historic marijuana legalization scheme is still hanging in the balance.

“The patient being monitored in isolation has thankfully been symptom-free for the last 24 hours,” New Jersey's Health Department said.

Illinois has also introduced a quarantine policy for "high-risk" travelers coming from West Africa.

The GOP has leads in three of five of the closest 2014 Senate races, but the advantages are slim.

The U.S. has been fighting back the Taliban in Afghanistan for 13 years, but now the jihadist group is back and taking territory.

Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi has a history of strong stances on hot-button issues.

“We are devastated by this senseless tragedy,” the Soriano family said through a representative.

Candidates need to figure out a strategy for reaching voters who don’t have TVs — and they’re running out of time.

The attack occurred in the town of Jurf al-Sakhar, which was taken back by government forces from ISIS over the weekend.