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A survey of registered nurses in 31 states found that most hospitals have not communicated an adequate Ebola preparedness policy.

Due to the Ebola risks, hugging family and attending large gatherings are discouraged during Eid al-Adha festivities this year in West Africa.

Former and current employees of the Pennsylvania attorney general’s office allegedly exchanged hundreds of emails with pornographic content.

The Iraqi town of Kubaisa fell into Islamic State group members' hands, two days after the militants seized Hit.

Jean-Claude Duvalier inherited power in 1971 when he was just 19, but he fled into exile 15 years later.

The move opens a small window to resolve the standoff between Hong Kong’s government and student demonstrators after a week of protests.

The incumbent president leads with more than 40 percent voter support in a new poll Saturday.

The stampede occurred during the religious festival Dussehra, a during which effigies of mythological characters are burnt.

Fighting between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian separatists continues despite cease-fire deal reached a month ago.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Canada seeks to "significantly degrade" the capabilities of the Islamic State group.

Tensions simmered at the Hong Kong demonstration site, as many protesters were determined to stay on the streets.

International aid organizations fighting Ebola are having trouble getting hazmat suits to health-care workers in Africa.

An upset victory by one of Dilma Rousseff's challengers could see Brazil increase global trade and rethink controversial foreign relationships.

With 76 children among them, the immigrants were crammed into two apartments in Kuala Lumpur.

A video apparently showing the British citizen's beheading has drawn widespread condemnation.

The current visit of South Korea by North Korean officials was a surprise, given the strained relationship between the two countries.

Beyond the Umbrella Revolution's quest for democracy is an array of views on what problems need to be solved in Hong Kong.

Nikolai Djakonov, who led a Cossack unit in Russia’s Crimea occupation, is reportedly in Bosnia ahead of elections.

It starts with a huge caravan of vehicles driving to a secret desert location, cameras, knives and victims in tow.

Swedish physicians say there are two more such pregnancies, and they are 25 weeks along.

The Kurdish fighters in Kobane are battling ISIS and need Turkish military intervention, according to sources on the ground.

Women in Texas now have very limited options in seeking legal abortions: Only seven clinics remain open in the state, and travel expenses could make the procedure prohibitive for low-income women.

Louise Troh, her son and two nephews were seen exiting the Dallas apartment where they have been quarantined since Monday.

The Islamic State group threatened to kill American medic Peter Kassig next in a new beheading video released Friday.

Public health experts agree that restricting flights from West Africa would not help contain the Ebola epidemic.

The militant group released a fourth beheading video to send a 'message to America and its allies.'

Reporters covering the protests described being groped, shoved, and denied access to certain locations.

The latest jobs report is the final one before midterm elections, and it may be too late to help Democrats keep control of the Senate.